Judges 19:30:17Judg.19.30.W17TAB
עֻ֥צוּ
utsu
“take counsel”
- Transliteration
- u-TSU
- Extended
- uh-TSOO
- IPA
- /ʕuˈtsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- take counsel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-TSU
- phraseyour reading level
u-TSU ve-dab-BE-ru
- clause
si-MU-la-KHEM a-le-HA u-TSU ve-dab-BE-ru
- sentence
ve-ha-YA khol-ha-ro-E ve-a-MAR lo-ni-he-ye-TA ve-lo-nir-a-TA ka-ZOT le-mi-YOM a-loT be-NE-yi-sra-EL me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE si-MU-la-KHEM a-le-HA u-TSU ve-dab-BE-ru
Exegesis
Finally, the imperatives sequence simu-lakhem {שִׂימוּ־לָכֶם | sî-mû-lā-ḵem}, utzu {עֻצוּ | ’û-ṣû}, and ve-dabberu {וְדַבֵּרוּ | wə-ḏab-bē-rû} outline reflection, counsel, and speech.
In context — Judges 19:30
And it came to pass that everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen since the day the sons of Israel went up from the land of Egypt until this day. Give careful counsel , and speak out.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:30:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 19:30, so the Hebrew word עֻ֥צוּ (utsu) 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.19.30.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.30.W17.S1) and character.