1 Samuel 19:20:121 Sam.19.20.W12TAB
נִצָּ֖ב
nitstsav
“stationed or standing”
- Transliteration
- nits-TSAV
- Extended
- nihts-TSAAV
- IPA
- /nitˈtsaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- stationed or standing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
nits-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
o-MED nits-TSAV
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-a-KHIM la-ka-KHAT et-da-VID va-yar-E et-la-ha-KAT han-ne-vi-IM nib-be-IM u-she-mu-EL o-MED nits-TSAV a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-a-KHIM la-ka-KHAT et-da-VID va-yar-E et-la-ha-KAT han-ne-vi-IM nib-be-IM u-she-mu-EL o-MED nits-TSAV a-le-HEM vat-te-HI al-mal-a-KHE sha-UL RU-akh e-lo-HIM va-yit-na-be-U gam-HE-ma
Exegesis
The paired participles ʿōmēd nîṣṣāḇ {עֹמֵד נִצָּב | ʿō·mē·d nîṣ·ṣāḇ} ‘standing firm’ denote Samuel’s authoritative posture over them.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:20
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the band of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 19:20, so the Hebrew word נִצָּ֖ב (nitstsav) 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.19.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.20.W12.S1) and character.