Joshua 19:29:5Josh.19.29.W5TAB

מִבְצַר־צֹ֑ר

mivtsartsor

of fortress Tyre

Transliteration
miv-TSAR-TSOR
Extended
miv-TSAR-TSOOR
IPA
/miv.t͡saʁˈtsoːr/

Meaning by language

English
of fortress Tyre

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִבְ + צַר + צֹ֑ר
miv + tsar + tsor
mivtsartsor

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tsadets as in cats
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    miv-TSAR-TSOR

  2. clause

    ve-SHAV hag-GEV-ul ha-ra-MAH ve-AD-IR miv-TSAR-TSOR

  3. sentence

    ve-SHAV hag-GEV-ul ha-ra-MAH ve-AD-IR miv-TSAR-TSOR ve-SHAV hag-GEV-ul kho-SAH va-yi-HYU ve-ha-YU tots-e-o-TAV hai-YA-mah me-HE-vel akh-zee-VAH

Exegesis

The construct chain mivtsar-tsor {מִבְצַר־צֹר | mib-ṣar-ṣōr} ‘fortress of Tyre’ specifies the landmark.

Root and etymology

ב־צ־ר

fortress

In contextJoshua 19:29

And the boundary turned back toward Ramah and reached the fortified city of Tyre; then it turned back to Hosah, and its outlets reached the sea from the territory of Akzib , including Mahalab.

About this coordinate

Joshua 19:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 19:29, so the Hebrew word מִבְצַר־צֹ֑ר (mivtsartsor) 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.19.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.29.W5.S1) and character.