Proverbs 25:19:8Prov.25.19.W8TAB
צָרֽ͏ָה׃
tsara
“distress or trouble”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RA
- Extended
- tsaa-RAA
- IPA
- /tsaˈraː/
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
be-YOM tsa-RA
- clause
miv-TAKH bo-GED be-YOM tsa-RA
- sentence
SHEN ro-A ve-RE-gel mu-A-det miv-TAKH bo-GED be-YOM tsa-RA
Exegesis
The main clause mivṭāḥ bōgeḏ bə-yōm ṣārָה {מִבְטָח בּוֹגֵד בְּיוֹם צָרָה | mivṭāḥ bōgeḏ bə-yōm ṣārָה} ‘trust in a treacherous one in a day of distress’ is a noun construct where mivṭāḥ heads a genitive relationship with bōgeḏ and is specified by the temporal prepositional phrase bə-yōm ṣārָה. The Hebrew word order is preserved to maintain rhetorical progression from imagery to ethical application.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–resh–heh
“distress”
In context — Proverbs 25:19
Like a broken tooth and a slipping foot, so is confidence in a treacherous person in a day of trouble .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 25:19, so the Hebrew word צָרֽ͏ָה׃ (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.25.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.19.W8.S1) and character.