Proverbs 24:10:3Prov.24.10.W3TAB
צָרָ֗ה
tsara
“distress or trouble”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RA
- Extended
- tsaa-RAA
- IPA
- /tsaːˈrɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- distress or trouble
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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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-RA
- phraseyour reading level
hit-ra-PI-ta be-YOM tsa-RA
- sentence
hit-ra-PI-ta be-YOM tsa-RA TSAR kho-khe-KHA
Exegesis
The phrase beyom tsarah {בְּיוֹם צָרָה | bə-yôm ṣā-rāh} ‘in the day of distress’ establishes the temporal setting.
Root and etymology
ts-rṣ-r
“to be narrow”
In context — Proverbs 24:10
If you have become slack in the day of trouble, your strength is narrow .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 24:10, so the Hebrew word צָרָ֗ה (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.24.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.10.W3.S1) and character.