Leviticus 19:36:2Lev.19.36.W2TAB

צֶ֣דֶק

tsedek

justice

Transliteration
TSE-dek
Extended
TSEH-dek
IPA
/ˈtsɛdɛk/

Meaning by language

English
justice

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
צֶ֣ + דֶק
tse + dek
tsedek

Alphabet Analysis

Tsadets as in cats
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    TSE-dek

  2. phraseyour reading level

    moz-NEI TSE-dek av-NEI-TSE-dek

  3. clause

    moz-NEI TSE-dek av-NEI-TSE-dek EI-FAT TSE-dek veh-HIN TSE-dek yih-YEH la-KHEM

  4. sentence

    moz-NEI TSE-dek av-NEI-TSE-dek EI-FAT TSE-dek veh-HIN TSE-dek yih-YEH la-KHEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem a-SHER-hoh-TSE-ti et-KHEM meh-E-rets mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

The verse employs a series of construct chains—moznei {מֹ֧אזְנֵי | mōʾaznē} ‘scales of’, avnei {אַבְנֵי | ʾavnē} ‘stones of’, eifat {אֵ֥יפַת | ʾēpˁaṯ} ‘ephah of’, and ve-hin {וְהִ֥ין | wə-ḥîn} ‘and hin of’—all modifying tsedeq {צֶ֖דֶק | ṣedeq} ‘justice’ to emphasize integrity in measurement.

Root and etymology

ts-d-qtsadeq

to be just

In contextLeviticus 19:36

You must have balances of justice , weights of justice, an ephah of justice, and a hin of justice. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 19:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:36, so the Hebrew word צֶ֣דֶק (tsedek) 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 Lev.19.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.36.W2.S1) and character.