Proverbs 1:27:11Prov.1.27.W11TAB
וְצוּקָֽה׃
vetsuka
“and anguish”
- Transliteration
- ve-tsu-KA
- Extended
- veh-tsoo-KAA
- IPA
- /vət͡suːˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and anguish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-tsu-KA
- phraseyour reading level
tsa-RA ve-tsu-KA
- clause
be-BO a-LE-khem tsa-RA ve-tsu-KA
- sentence
be-BO ke-sho-A ke-sho-A PA-khe-de-khem ve-ED-khem ke-su-FA ye-e-TE be-BO a-LE-khem tsa-RA ve-tsu-KA
Exegesis
The recurrence of be-VO {בְּבֹ֥א | bə-vōʾ} ‘when it comes’ frames a second temporal clause leading to the prepositional phrase ʻalêkhem {עֲלֵיכֶם | ʿa-lê-khem} ‘upon you,’ governing the paired nouns ṣārāh {צָרָ֥ה | ṣā-rāh} ‘distress’ and we-tsūqāh {וְצוּקָֽה | wə-tsū-qāh} ‘and trouble’ linked by waw. This parallelism and repetition form climactic escalation, while the shift from infinitive to imperfect underscores the certainty of the impending adversity.
Root and etymology
ṣ-q-htsade–qof–he
“pressure, constraint”
In context — Proverbs 1:27
When your terror comes like a storm, and your disaster comes like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble come upon you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Proverbs 1:27, so the Hebrew word וְצוּקָֽה׃ (vetsuka) 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 Prov.1.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.27.W11.S1) and character.