Numbers 24:8:9Num.24.8.W9TAB
צָרָ֗יו
tsarav
“his adversaries”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RAV
- Extended
- tsah-RAHV
- IPA
- /tsaˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- his adversaries
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
tsa-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
go-YIM tsa-RAV
- clause
yo-a-KHAL go-YIM tsa-RAV ve-ats-mo-TE-hem ye-ga-REM ve-khit-TSA-v yim-KHATS
- sentence
EL mo-TSEE-o mi-mits-RA-yim ke-to-a-FOT re-EM lo yo-a-KHAL go-YIM tsa-RAV ve-ats-mo-TE-hem ye-ga-REM ve-khit-TSA-v yim-KHATS
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yōʾə-kal {יֹאכַל | yōʾə-kal} ‘he will eat’ introduces the action against gôyim ṣārāw {גּוֹיִם צָרָיו | gôyim ṣārāw} ‘nations his adversaries’.
In context — Numbers 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt; horns like those of a wild ox are his. He will devour nations, his adversaries; he will break their bones, and with his arrows he will smash them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 24:8, so the Hebrew word צָרָ֗יו (tsarav) 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.24.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.8.W9.S1) and character.