1 Kings 17:4:51 Kgs.17.4.W5TAB
צִוִּ֔יתִי
tsiviti
“I have commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-vi-TI
- Extended
- tsih-vee-TEE
- IPA
- /tsiw.viˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have commanded
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-vi-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ha-or-VIM tsi-vi-TI
- clause
ve-ET-ha-or-VIM tsi-vi-TI le-khal-kel-KHA SHAM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA me-ha-NA-khal tish-TE ve-ET-ha-or-VIM tsi-vi-TI le-khal-kel-KHA SHAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker veet {וְאֶת | wə-’et} signals haorevim {הָעֹרְבִים | hā-’ō-rə-vim} ‘the ravens’ as object of tsiviti {צִוִּיתִי | ṣî-wî-ṯî} ‘I commanded’.
Root and etymology
ṣ-w-hṣāwāh
“to command”
In context — 1 Kings 17:4
And it will be that you will drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 17:4, so the Hebrew word צִוִּ֔יתִי (tsiviti) 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.17.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.4.W5.S1) and character.