1 Samuel 15:12:121 Sam.15.12.W12TAB
מַצִּ֥יב
matsiv
“he was setting up”
- Transliteration
- ma-TSIV
- Extended
- mah-TSEEV
- IPA
- /matˈtsiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was setting up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-TSIV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO
- clause
va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
- sentence
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The perfect ba-Shaʾul {בָּֽא־שָׁא֤וּל | bāʾ-šaʾûl} ‘Saul came’ combined with the Qal participle matsiv {מַצִּ֥יב | maṣṣîv} ‘erecting’ presents a completed yet ongoing action.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was told to Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he is erecting a monument for himself.” Then he turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 15:12, so the Hebrew word מַצִּ֥יב (matsiv) 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.15.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.12.W12.S1) and character.