Psalm 18:36:2Ps.18.36.W2TABWLC Psalms 18:37
צַעֲדִ֣י
tsaadee
“my steps”
- Transliteration
- tsa-a-dee
- Extended
- tsah-ah-dEE
- IPA
- /tsaʕăˈdiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my steps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-a-dee
- clause
tar-KHIV tsa-a-dee takh-TE-na-dee
- sentence
tar-KHIV tsa-a-dee takh-TE-na-dee ve-LO ma-a-DU kar-su-LAI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the causative verb tarchiv {תַּרְחִיב | tar-ḥîḇ} ‘you make wide’ in the Hiphil imperfect indicating divine agency, followed by the object tsaadi {צַעֲדִי | tsa-ʿă-ḏî} ‘my steps’ marked by a first person suffix.
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–ayin–dalet
“to step, stride”
In context — Psalm 18:36
You make my steps wide beneath me, and my ankles did not slip.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 18:36, so the Hebrew word צַעֲדִ֣י (tsaadee) 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.18.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.36.W2.S1) and character.