Numbers 25:17:1Num.25.17.W1TAB
צָר֖וֹר
tsarohr
“Harass”
- Transliteration
- tsa-ROHR
- Extended
- tsaa-ROHR
- IPA
- /tsaːˈroːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Harass
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-ROHR
- clause
tsa-ROHR et-ham-mid-ya-NEEM
- sentence
tsa-ROHR et-ham-mid-ya-NEEM ve-hi-ki-TEM o-TAM
Exegesis
The verse employs a two-part imperative structure, beginning with tsaror {צָר֖וֹר | ṣārôr} ‘harass’ and continuing with the vav-prefixed vehikitem {וְהִכִּיתֶ֖ם | wə-hikkîtem} ‘strike’.
Root and etymology
RootTsade-Resh-Resh
“to bind”
In context — Numbers 25:17
Harass the Midianites , and you shall strike them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:17, so the Hebrew word צָר֖וֹר (tsarohr) 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.25.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.17.W1.S1) and character.