Proverbs 24:10:4Prov.24.10.W4TAB
צַ֣ר
tsar
“is narrow or is scant”
- Transliteration
- TSAR
- Extended
- TSAHR
- IPA
- /ˈtsar/
Meaning by language
- English
- is narrow or is scant
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TSAR
- phraseyour reading level
TSAR kho-khe-KHA
- sentence
hit-ra-PI-ta be-YOM tsa-RA TSAR kho-khe-KHA
Exegesis
The adjective tsar {צַר | ṣar} ‘narrow’ is fronted to emphasize the limitation upon kokhekha {כֹּחֶֽכָה | kō-ḥe-khā} ‘your strength.’ The Hebrew protasis-apodosis sequence is rendered in English with an “If…then” construction to preserve the causal relationship and rhetorical emphasis.
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 24:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 24:10, so the Hebrew word צַ֣ר (tsar) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.10.W4.S1) and character.