Joshua 19:35:4Josh.19.35.W4TAB

צֵ֔ר

tseir

Zer

Transliteration
TSEIR
Extended
TSEER
IPA
/tseːr/

Meaning by language

English
Zer

Alphabet Analysis

Tsadets as in cats
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    TSEIR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-tsi-DEEM TSEIR

  3. clause

    ha-tsi-DEEM TSEIR ve-cha-MAT ra-KAT ve-ki-na-RET

  4. sentence

    ve-a-REI miv-TSAR ha-tsi-DEEM TSEIR ve-cha-MAT ra-KAT ve-ki-na-RET

Exegesis

Each additional toponym—tser {צֵר | ṣēr}, khammat {חַמַּת | ḥam-mmat}, rakkat {רַקַּת | raq-qat}, and kinneret {כִנָּרֶת | kin-nā-ret}—is introduced by ve {וְ | wə-}, forming an asyndetic list that emphasizes enumeration. English translates the construct chain as 'fortress towns' and preserves the series structure with coordinating conjunctions before the final item.

Root and etymology

b-ṣ-rbet–ṣade–resh

fortress

In contextJoshua 19:35

The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, and Kinnereth.

About this coordinate

Joshua 19:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:35, so the Hebrew word צֵ֔ר (tseir) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.35.W4.S1) and character.