1 Samuel 15:2:41 Sam.15.2.W4TAB
צְבָא֔וֹת
tsevaot
“hosts”
- Transliteration
- tse-va-OT
- Extended
- tseh-vaa-OHT
- IPA
- /tsəvaˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT pa-KAD-ti ET a-SHER-a-SA a-ma-LEK le-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT pa-KAD-ti ET a-SHER-a-SA a-ma-LEK le-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-SAM LO ba-DE-rekh ba-a-lo-TO mim-mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The compound title YHWH Tsevaot {יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת | Yəhōwāh ṣəḇāʼōṯ} conveys covenant identity and martial authority.
Root and etymology
Rootṣ-b-ʾ
“army, host”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:2
Thus says the LORD of hosts : “I have appointed judgment for what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way as he came up from Egypt.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:2, 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 Sam.15.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.2.W4.S1) and character.