1 Chronicles 14:16:41 Chr.14.16.W4TAB
צִוָּ֖הוּ
tsivahu
“he commanded him”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA-hu
- Extended
- tsih-VAH-hoo
- IPA
- /tsiˈwaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he commanded him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-VA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu
- clause
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM va-ya-KU et-ma-kha-NE pe-lish-TIM mi-giv-ON ve-ad-ga-ZE-ra
Exegesis
The relative particle ka’asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka·’ă·šeṯ} ‘as, just as’ introduces the compliance clause with the verb tzivahu {צִוָּהוּ | ṣiṿ·wā·hû} ‘he commanded him’, placing David as its object.
Root and etymology
ṣ-w-htsade–vav–heh
“to command”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:16
And David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 14:16, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֖הוּ (tsivahu) 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 1 Chr.14.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.16.W4.S1) and character.