1 Kings 13:21:171 Kgs.13.21.W17TAB
אֶת־הַמִּצְוָ֔ה
ethamitsva
“the command”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-mits-VA
- Extended
- eht-hah-mihts-VAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.mːitsˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the command
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-mits-VA
- clause
YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The construct pî Yəhōwāh {פִּי יְהוָה | pî Yəhōwāh} ‘mouth of the LORD’ denotes divine speech, while ʾet-hamitsvāh {אֶת־הַמִּצְוָה | ʾet-hamitsvāh} ‘the command’ highlights specificity.
Root and etymology
צוהtsade–vav–heh
“command, order”
In context — 1 Kings 13:21
And he called to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have rebelled against the mouth of the LORD and have not kept the command which the LORD your God commanded you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמִּצְוָ֔ה (ethamitsva) 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 Kgs.13.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.21.W17.S1) and character.