Numbers 21:5:16Num.21.5.W16TAB
קָ֔צָה
katsah
“loathes”
- Transliteration
- ka-TSAH
- Extended
- kaa-TSAH
- IPA
- /qaˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- loathes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TSAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH
- clause
KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
Exegesis
The perfect qāṣāh {קָצָה | qā-ṣāh} “has loathed” in wənappšēnû qāṣāh {וְנַפְשֵׁנוּ קָצָה | wə-nappšē-nû qā-ṣāh} “and our soul has loathed” conveys emotional completion.
Root and etymology
Rootq-ṣ-h
“to loathe, be disgusted”
In context — Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread , and there is no water; and our soul is weary of this worthless bread.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 21:5, so the Hebrew word קָ֔צָה (katsah) 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 Num.21.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.5.W16.S1) and character.