Proverbs 20:4:6Prov.20.4.W6TAB
בַּקָּצִ֣יר
bakatsir
“at the harvest”
- Transliteration
- ba-ka-TSIR
- Extended
- bah-kaa-TSEER
- IPA
- /bak.qaˈtsiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the harvest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ba-ka-TSIR
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ka-TSIR va-A-yin
- clause
yi-she-AL ve-sha-AL ba-ka-TSIR va-A-yin
- sentence
ME-kho-ref a-TSEL LO-ya-kha-ROSH yi-she-AL ve-sha-AL ba-ka-TSIR va-A-yin
Exegesis
The temporal phrase ba-katsir {בַּקָּצִיר | baqqā-ṣîr} ‘at harvest’ is closely linked by word order, while the existential negation va-ayin {וָאָיִן | wə-ʾāyîn} ‘and nothing exists’ delivers the summative consequence. This cause-and-effect sequence with paired imperfects is typical of Hebrew wisdom literature, creating rhetorical contrast between winter neglect and harvest scarcity.
Root and etymology
ק־צ־ר
“harvest, reaping”
In context — Proverbs 20:4
Because of the winter , the lazy person will not plow; he will ask and seek at harvest time, but there will be nothing .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 20:4, so the Hebrew word בַּקָּצִ֣יר (bakatsir) 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.20.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.4.W6.S1) and character.