Genesis 42:21:19Gen.42.21.W19PAT

הַצָּרָ֖ה

hatsara

distress

Transliteration
ha-tsa-RA
Extended
hah-tsah-RAA
IPA
/ha.tsaːˈraː/

Meaning by language

English
distress
French
détresse
Spanish
angustia
Portuguese
aflição
German
Bedrängnis
Russian
бедствие
Arabic-Simplified
الضيقة
Hindi
क्लेश
Chinese-Simplified
苦难
Korean
고통
Indonesian
kesesakan
Bengali
দুর্দশা
Tagalog
kapighatian
Swahili
dhiki
Amharic
ጭንቀት
Yoruba
ìpọ́njú
Igbo
ahụhụ
Twi
amanehunu
Ewe
xaxa

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Result
הַ + צָּ + רָ֖ה
ha + tsa + ra
hatsara

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-tsa-RA

  2. clause

    al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT

  3. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT

In contextGenesis 42:21

they said each one to his brother indeed are guilty we concerning our brother because we saw distress of his soul when he pleaded to us and not we listened therefore has come upon us distress this

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:21:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Genesis 42:21, so the Hebrew word הַצָּרָ֖ה (hatsara) 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 Gen.42.21.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.21.W19.S1) and character.