Joshua 19:35:2Josh.19.35.W2TAB
מִבְצָ֑ר
mivtsar
“fortified”
- Transliteration
- miv-TSAR
- Extended
- miv-TSAAR
- IPA
- /mivˈtsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- fortified
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
miv-TSAR
- clause
ve-a-REI miv-TSAR
- sentence
ve-a-REI miv-TSAR ha-tsi-DEEM TSEIR ve-cha-MAT ra-KAT ve-ki-na-RET
Exegesis
The prefixed conjunction ve {וְ | wə-} links this phrase to the preceding context and initiates a construct chain pairing erei {עָרֵי | ʿā-rê} 'towns' with mivtzar {מִבְצָר | mib-ṣār} 'fortress,' yielding the sequence 'towns of fortress.' The definite article in hatsiddim {הַצִּדִּים | ha-ṣid-dîm} identifies Ziddim as a definite place.
Root and etymology
b-ṣ-rbet–ṣade–resh
“fortress”
In context — Joshua 19:35
The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Kinnereth.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 19:35, so the Hebrew word מִבְצָ֑ר (mivtsar) 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.19.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.35.W2.S1) and character.