Psalm 13:0:1Ps.13.0.W1TABWLC Psalms 13:1
לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ
lamenatseakh
“for the choirmaster”
- Transliteration
- la-me-na-TSE-akh
- Extended
- lah-meh-nah-TSEE-ahkh
- IPA
- /la.mə.nats.ˈtseː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the choirmaster
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
la-me-na-TSE-akh
- sentence
la-me-na-TSE-akh mi-ze-MOR le-da-VID
Exegesis
lamenatseach {לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ | lamnaṣṣēaḥ} ‘to the director’ functions as a performance instruction, indicating that the composition is entrusted to musical oversight.
Root and etymology
consonantsnun-tsade-chet
“to lead, oversee, excel”
In context — Psalm 13:0
To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
About this coordinate
Psalm 13:0:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 13:0, so the Hebrew word לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ (lamenatseakh) 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 Ps.13.0.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.13.0.W1.S1) and character.