1 Kings 18:15:51 Kgs.18.15.W5TAB
צְבָא֔וֹת
tsevaot
“of hosts”
- Transliteration
- tse-va-OT
- Extended
- tseh-vaa-OHT
- IPA
- /tsəvaˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- of hosts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
tse-va-OT
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV KI ha-YOM e-ra-E e-LAV
Exegesis
This is followed by the oath formula chai {חַ֚י | ḥay} ‘as…lives’ with the divine title YHWH tsevaot {יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת | Yhwh ṣə-vā-’ōṯ} ‘LORD of hosts’, establishing a solemn declaration.
Root and etymology
Rootts-b-’
“army, host”
In context — 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I have stood , surely today I will appear to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:15, so the Hebrew word צְבָא֔וֹת (tsevaot) 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.18.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.15.W5.S1) and character.