1 Chronicles 20:1:111 Chr.20.1.W11TAB
הַצָּבָ֜א
hatsava
“the army”
- Transliteration
- ha-tsa-VA
- Extended
- hah-tsah-VAA
- IPA
- /hat.tsˁaˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-tsa-VA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yin-HAG yo-AV et-KHEL ha-tsa-VA
- clause
va-ye-HI le-ET te-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA le-ET TSET ha-me-la-KHIM va-yin-HAG yo-AV et-KHEL ha-tsa-VA va-yash-KHET et-E-rets be-NE-a-MON va-ya-VO va-ya-TSAR et-ra-BA ve-da-VID yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI le-ET te-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA le-ET TSET ha-me-la-KHIM va-yin-HAG yo-AV et-KHEL ha-tsa-VA va-yash-KHET et-E-rets be-NE-a-MON va-ya-VO va-ya-TSAR et-ra-BA ve-da-VID yo-SHEV bi-ru-sha-LIM va-YAKH yo-AV et-ra-BA va-ye-HER-se-ha
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:1
And it happened, at the time of the returning of the year, at the time of the going out of the kings, that Joab led the force of the army and devastated the land of the sons of Ammon. Then he came and besieged Rabbah . But David was staying in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 20:1, so the Hebrew word הַצָּבָ֜א (hatsava) 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.20.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.1.W11.S1) and character.