1 Chronicles 18:15:31 Chr.18.15.W3TAB
עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א
alhatsava
“over the army”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-tsa-VA
- Extended
- ahl-hah-tsah-VAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.hat͡sˁaːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
al-ha-tsa-VA
- clause
ve-yo-AV ben-tse-ru-YA al-ha-tsa-VA
- sentence
ve-yo-AV ben-tse-ru-YA al-ha-tsa-VA vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ben-a-khi-LUD maz-KIR
Exegesis
Joab’s role is expressed through a prepositional authority phrase al {עַל־ | ʿal} + definite noun hatsava {הַצָּבָא | haṣ-ṣā-ḇāʾ} ‘the army’, a syntactic pattern indicating oversight or jurisdiction.
Root and etymology
consonantsTsade–Bet–Aleph
“army, service”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:15
And Joab son of Zeruiah was appointed over the army, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 18:15, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א (alhatsava) 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.18.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.15.W3.S1) and character.