Deuteronomy 20:19:12Deut.20.19.W12PAT

גַּרְזֶ֔ן

garzen

an axe

Transliteration
gar-ZEN
Extended
gahr-ZEHN
IPA
/garˈzɛn/

Meaning by language

English
an axe
French
une hache
Spanish
un hacha
Portuguese
um machado
German
eine Axt
Russian
топор
Arabic-Simplified
فأس
Hindi
कुल्हाड़ी
Chinese-Simplified
斧头
Korean
도끼
Indonesian
kapak
Bengali
কুঠার
Tagalog
palakol
Swahili
shoka
Amharic
መጥረቢያ
Yoruba
àáké
Igbo
anyụike
Twi
abaa
Ewe
agbe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
גַּרְ + זֶ֔ן
gar + zen
garzen

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    gar-ZEN

  2. clause

    kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MEEM ra-BIM leh-hil-la-KHEM a-LE-ha leh-taf-SAH loh-tash-KHIT et-eh-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mih-MEH-noo to-KHEL veh-oh-TOH LO tikh-ROT

  3. sentence

    kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MEEM ra-BIM leh-hil-la-KHEM a-LE-ha leh-taf-SAH loh-tash-KHIT et-eh-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mih-MEH-noo to-KHEL veh-oh-TOH LO tikh-ROT kee ha-a-DAM EITS hah-sa-DEH la-VO mih-pa-NEE-kha ba-ma-TZOR

In contextDeuteronomy 20:19

when you besiege against a city days many to fight against it to capture it you shall not destroy its trees to wield an axe against it for you may eat from it and it not you shall cut for the human tree of the field to come before you in the siege

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 20:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 20:19, so the Hebrew word גַּרְזֶ֔ן (garzen) 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.20.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.19.W12.S1) and character.