1 Samuel 13:23:21 Sam.13.23.W2TAB

מַצַּ֣ב

matsav

garrison or stationed-post

Transliteration
ma-TSAV
Extended
mah-TSAV
IPA
/mat͡sˈsav/

Meaning by language

English
garrison or stationed-post

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Result
מַ + צַּ֣ב
ma + tsav
matsav

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-TSAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-TSE ma-TSAV pe-lish-TIM el-ma-a-VAR mikh-MASH

Exegesis

The noun maṣṣāḇ {מַצַּב | maṣṣāḇ} ‘outpost’ appears in construct with pəlīštîm {פְּלִשְׁתִּם | pəlīštîm} ‘Philistines’, specifying a distinct military unit.

Root and etymology

ts-b-btsade–bet–bet

to set up

In context1 Samuel 13:23

And the outpost of the Philistines went out to the pass at Michmash.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 13:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 13:23, so the Hebrew word מַצַּ֣ב (matsav) 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 Sam.13.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.23.W2.S1) and character.