Joshua 19:41:4Josh.19.41.W4TAB
צָרְעָ֥ה
tsorah
“Zorah”
- Transliteration
- tsor-AH
- Extended
- tsor-AH
- IPA
- /tsɔrˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zorah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
tsor-AH
- phraseyour reading level
tsor-AH ve-esh-ta-OL
- clause
tsor-AH ve-esh-ta-OL ve-IR SHA-mesh
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-kha-la-TAM tsor-AH ve-esh-ta-OL ve-IR SHA-mesh
Exegesis
The toponyms ṣora‘āh {צָרְעָ֥ה | ṣoraʿāh}, ʾeštaʾōl {אֶשְׁתָּא֖וֹל | ʾeštaʾōl}, and ‘îr šāmeš {עִ֥יר שָֽׁמֶשׁ | ʿîr šāmeš} ‘city of Shemesh’ are then listed, each introduced by the coordinating conjunction wə- {וְ | wə-} ‘and’. Hebrew often omits a secondary verb in such nominal lists, relying on the initial vayhî for verbal sense. In English, a copular verb (“was” or “included”) is supplied to render the relationship explicit while preserving the Hebrew word order’s emphasis on named locations.
In context — Joshua 19:41
And the boundary of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir Shemesh.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:41, so the Hebrew word צָרְעָ֥ה (tsorah) 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.19.41.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.41.W4.S1) and character.