Lamentations 4:7:2Lam.4.7.W2TAB
נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙
nezireha
“her consecrated ones”
- Transliteration
- ne-zi-RE-ha
- Extended
- neh-zih-REE-hah
- IPA
- /nəziːˈreːhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- her consecrated ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ne-zi-RE-ha
- phraseyour reading level
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha
- clause
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha mi-she-LEG tsa-KHU me-kha-LAV
- sentence
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha mi-she-LEG tsa-KHU me-kha-LAV ad-MU E-tsem mi-pe-ni-NIM sa-PIR giz-ra-TAM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the perfect-state verb zaku {זַכּ֤וּ | zakû} ‘they were pure’ applied to nezireha {נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙ | nə-zî-rê-hā} ‘her Nazirites.’
Root and etymology
נ־ז־ר
“set apart”
In context — Lamentations 4:7
Her Nazirites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their body was more ruddy than jewels, and their appearance was like sapphire.
About this coordinate
Lamentations 4:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Lamentations 4:7, so the Hebrew word נְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙ (nezireha) 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 Lam.4.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lam.4.7.W2.S1) and character.