Judges 18:7:18Judg.18.7.W18TAB

עֶ֔צֶר

etser

restraint or need

Transliteration
E-tser
Extended
EH-tsehr
IPA
/ˈʕɛ.tsɛr/

Meaning by language

English
restraint or need

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Result
עֶ֔ + צֶר
e + tser
etser

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tsadets as in cats
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    E-tser

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yo-RESH E-tser

  3. clause

    va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh ke-mish-PAT tsi-do-NIM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh ve-EN-ma-khe-LIM da-VAR ba-A-rets yo-RESH E-tser u-re-kho-KIM HE-ma mi-tsi-do-NIM ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-a-DAM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-le-KHU kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM va-ya-VO-u LAI-sha va-yir-E-u et-ha-AM a-SHER-be-kir-BAH yo-SHE-vet-la-VE-takh ke-mish-PAT tsi-do-NIM sho-KET u-vo-TE-akh ve-EN-ma-khe-LIM da-VAR ba-A-rets yo-RESH E-tser u-re-kho-KIM HE-ma mi-tsi-do-NIM ve-da-VAR EN-la-HEM im-a-DAM

Exegesis

The existential clause ve-ein-makhlim davar {וְאֵין־מַכְלִים דָּבָר | wəʾēn makhlîm dāvar} indicates there was nothing lacking among them, and yoresh etser {יוֹרֵשׁ עֶצֶר | yōrēš ʿeṣer} conveys possession of wealth.

Root and etymology

ʿ-ṣ-rayin–tsade–resh

store, wealth

In contextJudges 18:7

The five men departed and came to Laish. They saw the people living securely there, as in Sidon’s custom —quiet and unsuspecting; they lacked nothing that was in the land and possessed wealth. They were distant from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

About this coordinate

Judges 18:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Judges 18:7, so the Hebrew word עֶ֔צֶר (etser) 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.18.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.7.W18.S1) and character.