Psalm 22:11:3Ps.22.11.W3TABWLC Psalms 22:12
כִּי־צָרָ֥ה
kitsara
“for distress”
- Transliteration
- ki-tsa-RA
- Extended
- KEE-tsah-RAA
- IPA
- /kiː.tsaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for distress
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-tsa-RA
- clause
ki-tsa-RA ke-ro-VA
- sentence
al-tir-KHAK mi-ME-ni ki-tsa-RA ke-ro-VA ki-EN o-ZER
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} appears twice to introduce causative clauses: first marking tsarah kerovah {צָרָה קְרוֹבָה | ṣā-rāh qerō-ḇāh} ‘trouble is near’ with noun-adjective fronting for emphasis, then introducing the existential ein ozer {אֵין עוֹזֵר | ʾên ʿō-zēr} ‘there is no helper’, highlighting complete abandonment. The Hebrew arrangement intensifies both distress and the absence of aid.
Root and etymology
צ־ר־ר
“distress, bind”
In context — Psalm 22:11
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; for there is no one to help .
About this coordinate
Psalm 22:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 22:11, so the Hebrew word כִּי־צָרָ֥ה (kitsara) 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.22.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.22.11.W3.S1) and character.