Proverbs 23:27:5Prov.23.27.W5TAB
צָ֝רָ֗ה
tsara
“narrow”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RA
- Extended
- tsaa-RAA
- IPA
- /tsaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- narrow
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tsa-RA
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-ER tsa-RA
- clause
u-ve-ER tsa-RA na-khe-ri-YA
- sentence
ki-shu-KHA a-mu-KA zo-NA u-ve-ER tsa-RA na-khe-ri-YA
Exegesis
It employs parallel subject-predicate units: zonah {זוֹנָה | zônâ} ‘prostitute’ paired with shucha {שׁוּחָה | šûḥâ} ‘pit’ modified by amukka {עֲמֻקָּה | ʿămûqqâ} ‘deep’, and nokriyah {נָכְרִיָּה | nôkrîyâ} ‘foreign woman’ paired with be’er {בְּאֵר | bə-ʾêr} ‘well’ modified by tsarah {צָרָה | ṣārâ} ‘narrow’.
In context — Proverbs 23:27
For a prostitute is a deep pit , and a foreign woman is a narrow well .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 23:27, so the Hebrew word צָ֝רָ֗ה (tsara) 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.23.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.27.W5.S1) and character.