Deuteronomy 20:12:7Deut.20.12.W7PAT
וְצַרְתָּ֖
vehtsarta
“and besiege”
- Transliteration
- veh-tsar-TA
- Extended
- veh-tsar-TAA
- IPA
- /wə.tsar.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and besiege
- French
- et assiège
- Spanish
- y asedia
- Portuguese
- e sitia
- German
- und belagert
- Russian
- и осаждает
- Arabic-Simplified
- وتحاصر
- Hindi
- और घेरना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并围困
- Korean
- 그리고 포위하다
- Indonesian
- dan mengepung
- Bengali
- এবং অবরোধ করে
- Tagalog
- at kubkubin
- Swahili
- na huzingira
- Amharic
- እና ታከብባለች
- Yoruba
- àti yí ká
- Igbo
- na-agbachi gburugburu
- Twi
- na ɛtwa ho hyia
- Ewe
- eye ka eŋu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
וְ + צַרְ + תָּ֖
↓
veh + tsar + ta
↓
vehtsarta
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
veh-tsar-TA
- clause
veh-tsar-TA ah-LEH-hah
- sentence
veh-im-LOH tash-LEEM im-MAKH veh-ahs-TA im-KHA mil-kha-MA veh-tsar-TA ah-LEH-hah
In context — Deuteronomy 20:12
and if not make peace with you and make with you war and besiege against it
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 20:12, so the Hebrew word וְצַרְתָּ֖ (vehtsarta) 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 Deut.20.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.12.W7.S1) and character.