Psalm 18:39:1Ps.18.39.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:40
וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֣נִי
vateezzereni
“and you girded me”
- Transliteration
- va-te-ez-ze-RE-ni
- Extended
- vah-teh-ez-ze-REE-nee
- IPA
- /vat.təʔaz.zəˈreːni/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you girded me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-te-ez-ze-RE-ni
- clause
va-te-ez-ze-RE-ni HA-yil la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-te-ez-ze-RE-ni HA-yil la-mil-kha-MA takh-RI-a ka-MAI takh-TEI
Exegesis
The opening vatta’azzērēnî {וַתַּאְזְּרֵנִי | wat-ta-ʾazzērēnî} ‘You girded me’ in the Piel stem emphasizes divine equipping, with ḥayil {חַיִל | ḥayil} ‘strength’ as the instrumental object and the purpose clause la-milḥāmah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mil-ḥā-māh} marking “for the battle.”
Root and etymology
Rootʿ–z–r
“to gird; equip”
In context — Psalm 18:39
You girded me with strength for the battle ; You made those who rose against me bow down under me.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:39, so the Hebrew word וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֣נִי (vateezzereni) 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.18.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.39.W1.S1) and character.