Numbers 25:18:1Num.25.18.W1TAB
כִּי־צֹרְרִים
kitsorreem
“for they are enemies”
- Transliteration
- ki-TSOR-reem
- Extended
- kee-TSOHR-reem
- IPA
- /ki.tsorˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for they are enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-TSOR-reem
- sentence
ki-TSOR-reem HEM la-KHEM be-nikh-LEI-hem a-SHER-nik-LOO la-KHEM al-de-VAR-pe-OR ve-al-de-VAR kaz-BI bat-ne-SI-mid-YAN a-kho-TAM ha-mu-KAH be-YOM-ha-ma-ge-FAH al-de-VAR-pe-OR
Exegesis
The verse opens with ki {כִּי | kî} 'for/because,' introducing a causal clause.
The subject tsorerim {צֹרְרִים | ṣō-rər-rîm} 'adversaries' directly identifies hem {הֵם | hēm} as hostile to lachem {לָכֶם | lā-ḵem} 'you.' The phrase benikhleihem {בְּנִכְלֵיהֶם | bə-nikhlē-hem} 'in their deceptions' specifies the means of hostility.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–resh–resh
“to bind, be hostile”
In context — Numbers 25:18
For they are adversaries to you in their deceptions , with which they deceived you regarding the matter of Peor and the matter of Kozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister, who was struck down on the day of the plague concerning the matter of Peor.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:18, so the Hebrew word כִּי־צֹרְרִים (kitsorreem) 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.25.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.18.W1.S1) and character.