Joshua 15:33:3Josh.15.33.W3TAB
וְצָרְעָ֖ה
vetsarah
“and Zorah”
- Transliteration
- ve-tsar-AH
- Extended
- veh-tsar-AH
- IPA
- /vətsɔrˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Zorah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tsar-AH
- phraseyour reading level
esh-ta-OL ve-tsar-AH
- clause
esh-ta-OL ve-tsar-AH ve-ash-NAH
- sentence
bash-fe-LA esh-ta-OL ve-tsar-AH ve-ash-NAH
Exegesis
It is followed by a paratactic enumeration of the toponyms Eshtaol {אֶשְׁתָּא֥וֹל | ʾeš-tā-ʾōl}, Zorah {צָרְעָ֖ה | ṣō-rə-‘āh}, and Ashnah {אַשְׁנָֽה׃ | ʾaš-nāh}, each linked by the conjunction vav {וְ | wə} ‘and’. This additive list structure is common in Hebrew geographic catalogs and conveys location through simple coordination; the English translation preserves both the order and the sense of place.
Root and etymology
ts-r-‘tsade–resh–ayin
“hornet”
In context — Joshua 15:33
In the lowland , Eshtaol , Zorah and Ashnah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 15:33, so the Hebrew word וְצָרְעָ֖ה (vetsarah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.15.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.33.W3.S1) and character.