Psalm 22:0:3Ps.22.0.W3TABWLC Psalms 22:1
הַשַּׁ֗חַר
hashakhar
“the dawn”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHA-khar
- Extended
- hah-SHAH-khahr
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃa.ħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dawn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ha-SHA-khar
- phraseyour reading level
la-me-nat-TSE-akh al-ai-YE-let ha-SHA-khar
- sentence
la-me-nat-TSE-akh al-ai-YE-let ha-SHA-khar mi-ze-MOR le-da-VID
Exegesis
Al-ayyelet hashachar {עַל־אַיֶּ֥לֶת הַשַּׁ֗חַר | ʿal-ʾayyeleṯ haššaḥar} ‘upon the doe of the dawn’ uses עַל to introduce a performance cue, most naturally a tune name or style designation; the construct relationship binds “doe” to “dawn” as a set title.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–chet–resh
“dawn, seek early”
In context — Psalm 22:0
To the Chief Musician , according to “The Doe of Dawn” , A Psalm of David.
About this coordinate
Psalm 22:0:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 22:0, so the Hebrew word הַשַּׁ֗חַר (hashakhar) 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.22.0.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.22.0.W3.S1) and character.