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

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Result
צִ + וָּ֖ + הוּ
tsi + va + hu
tsivahu

Alphabet Analysis

Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    tsi-VA-hu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu

  3. clause

    va-ya-AS da-VID ka-a-SHER tsi-VA-hu ha-e-lo-HIM

  4. 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 context1 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.