Psalm 16:4:2Ps.16.4.W2TAB
עַצְּבוֹתָם֮
atstsevotam
“their sorrows”
- Transliteration
- ats-tse-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ats-tseh-voo-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʕats.tsəvoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their sorrows
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ats-tse-vo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
yir-BU ats-tse-vo-TAM
- clause
yir-BU ats-tse-vo-TAM a-KHER
- sentence
yir-BU ats-tse-vo-TAM a-KHER ma-ha-RU BAL-as-SIKH nis-KEI-hem mid-DAM u-VAL-es-SA ET-she-mo-TAM al-se-fa-TAI
Exegesis
The noun atzevotam {עַצְּבוֹתָם֮ | ʿaṣṣĕḇōṯām} ‘their pains’ follows directly to highlight the intensity of suffering.
Root and etymology
atsabatsab
“to pain, grieve”
In context — Psalm 16:4
The pains of those who hasten after another will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, nor will I lift up their names upon my lips.
About this coordinate
Psalm 16:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 16:4, so the Hebrew word עַצְּבוֹתָם֮ (atstsevotam) 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.16.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.16.4.W2.S1) and character.