Joshua 22:20:10Josh.22.20.W10TAB
קָ֑צֶף
katsef
“wrath”
- Transliteration
- KA-tsef
- Extended
- KAA-tsef
- IPA
- /haˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wrath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KA-tsef
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA KA-tsef
- 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
- 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 context — Joshua 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.