Proverbs 30:4:8Prov.30.4.W8TAB
צָֽרַר־מַ֨יִם
tsararmayim
“has wrapped up waters”
- Transliteration
- tsa-RAR-ma-Yim
- Extended
- tsaa-RAR-ma-YIHM
- IPA
- /tsaːˈrar.maˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- has wrapped up waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tsa-RAR-ma-Yim
- phraseyour reading level
MI tsa-RAR-ma-Yim ba-sim-LA
- clause
MI a-LA-sha-MA-yim va-YE-rad MI a-SAF-RU-akh be-khof-NA-v MI tsa-RAR-ma-Yim ba-sim-LA MI he-KIM kol-af-SE-a-RETS
- sentence
MI a-LA-sha-MA-yim va-YE-rad MI a-SAF-RU-akh be-khof-NA-v MI tsa-RAR-ma-Yim ba-sim-LA MI he-KIM kol-af-SE-a-RETS ma-she-MO u-MA-shem-be-NO KI te-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with an asyndetic series of interrogatives using mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’ to challenge the reader with divine feats.
Parallelly, ṣā-rar {צָרַר | ṣā-rar} ‘bound’ governs mayim {מַיִם | ma-yim} ‘waters’ in ba-śim-lāh {בַּשִּׂמְלָה | ba-śim-lāh} ‘in the garment’, extending the imagery of containment.
In context — Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended to the heavens and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists ? Who has bound the waters in the garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His son, if you know?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 30:4, so the Hebrew word צָֽרַר־מַ֨יִם (tsararmayim) 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.30.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.4.W8.S1) and character.