Judges 13:2:4Judg.13.2.W4TAB
מִצָּרְעָ֛ה
mitstsarea
“from Zorah”
- Transliteration
- mits-tsa-re-A
- Extended
- mihts-tsaa-reh-AH
- IPA
- /mits.tsɔrˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Zorah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mits-tsa-re-A
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ISH e-KHAD mits-tsa-re-A
- clause
va-ye-HI ISH e-KHAD mits-tsa-re-A mim-mish-pa-KHAT ha-da-NI u-she-MO ma-NO-akh
- sentence
va-ye-HI ISH e-KHAD mits-tsa-re-A mim-mish-pa-KHAT ha-da-NI u-she-MO ma-NO-akh ve-ish-TO a-ka-RA ve-LO ya-la-DA
Exegesis
The locative construct mitsoreah mimmishpachat hadani {מִצָּרְעָה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת הַדָּנִ֖י | miṣṣōrə‘āh mimmisp̄aḥat haddānî} specifies origin and tribal affiliation.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ
“evil, bad”
In context — Judges 13:2
There was a man from Zorah of Danite descent, and his name was Manoah . His wife was sterile , and she had not borne a child.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 13:2, so the Hebrew word מִצָּרְעָ֛ה (mitstsarea) 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 Judg.13.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.2.W4.S1) and character.