Psalm 18:2:6Ps.18.2.W6TABWLC Psalms 18:3
צ֜וּרִי
tsuri
“my rock”
- Transliteration
- tsu-RI
- Extended
- tsoo-REE
- IPA
- /tsuːˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsu-RI
- clause
tsu-RI e-he-se-BO ma-GI-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E-i mis-ga-BI
- sentence
ye-ho-VAH sal-E-i u-me-tsu-da-TI u-me-pal-TI e-LI tsu-RI e-he-se-BO ma-GI-ni ve-KE-ren yish-E-i mis-ga-BI
Exegesis
The second clause begins with ʾê-lî {אֵלִי | ʾê-lî} ‘my God’ and continues with the construct chain ṣû-rî ʾe-ḥe-sê-ḇô {צֽוּרִי אֶחֱסֶה־בּוֹ | ṣû-rî ʾe-ḥe-sê-ḇô} ‘rock; I will take refuge in Him’, followed by mā-gi-nî {מָגִנִּי | mā-gi-nî} ‘shield’, wə-qer-en yiš-ʿî {וְקֶרֶן־יִשְׁעִי | wə-qer-en yiš-ʿî} ‘horn of salvation’, and miś-gab-bî {מִשְׂגַּבִּי | miś-gab-bî} ‘stronghold’. The cumulative parallelism emphasizes God’s multifaceted defense. English renders the construct nouns as possessive phrases and sequences them for literary flow while retaining poetic parallelism.
Root and etymology
RootTsade–Vav–Resh
“rock, stone”
In context — Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock , my fortress, and my deliverer. My God , my rock—in Him I will take refuge—my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Psalm 18:2, so the Hebrew word צ֜וּרִי (tsuri) 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.18.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.2.W6.S1) and character.