Joshua 22:20:10Josh.22.20.W10TAB

קָ֑צֶף

katsef

wrath

Transliteration
KA-tsef
Extended
KAA-tsef
IPA
/haˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
wrath

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Result
קָ֑ + צֶף
ka + tsef
katsef

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    KA-tsef

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-YA KA-tsef

  3. clause

    ha-LO a-KHAN ben-ZE-rakh MA-al ma-AL ba-KHE-rem ve-AL-KOL-a-DAT yis-ra-EL ha-YA KA-tsef

  4. sentence

    ha-LO a-KHAN ben-ZE-rakh MA-al ma-AL ba-KHE-rem ve-AL-KOL-a-DAT yis-ra-EL ha-YA KA-tsef ve-HU ISH e-KHAD LO GA-va ba-a-vo-NO

Exegesis

The resultive perfect hayah qatsep {הָ֣יָה קָ֑צֶף | hāyâ qaṣēp̄} ‘wrath came’ conveys divine judgment.

Root and etymology

q-ṣ-pq-ṣ-p

anger, wrath

In contextJoshua 22:20

Was it not Achan son of Zerah who acted unfaithfully regarding the devoted thing, so that fierce anger fell on the whole assembly of Israel? He was only one man, yet he did not perish alone in his iniquity.

About this coordinate

Joshua 22:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 22:20, so the Hebrew word קָ֑צֶף (katsef) 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.22.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.20.W10.S1) and character.