Psalm 18:6:1Ps.18.6.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:7
בַּצַּר־לִ֭י
batsarli
“in my distress”
- Transliteration
- ba-TSAR-LI
- Extended
- bah-TSAHR-LEE
- IPA
- /batˈsar.lij/
Meaning by language
- English
- in my distress
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-TSAR-LI
- clause
ba-TSAR-LI e-kRA ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ba-TSAR-LI e-kRA ye-ho-VAH ve-EL-e-lo-HAI a-sha-VE-a yish-MA me-hei-KHA-lo KO-li ve-shav-a-TI le-fa-NAV ta-VO be-oz-NAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with ba-tsar-li {בַּצַּר־לִי | baṣ-ṣar-lî} ‘in my distress’, using the preposition bā- plus a construct-state noun with a suffix to emphasize personal anguish.
Root and etymology
Rootts-r-r
“narrowness, trouble”
In context — Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD , and to my God I cried out for help. He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him into His ears .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:6, so the Hebrew word בַּצַּר־לִ֭י (batsarli) 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.18.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.6.W1.S1) and character.