1 Samuel 21:2:61 Sam.21.2.W6TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:3
צִוַּ֣נִי
tsivani
“commanded me”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA-ni
- Extended
- tsih-VAH-nee
- IPA
- /tsiˈwːa.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- commanded me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-VA-ni
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-VA-ni da-VAR
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID la-a-khi-ME-lekh ha-ko-HEN ha-ME-lekh tsi-VA-ni da-VAR va-YO-mer E-lai ISH al-ye-DA me-u-MA et-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-a-NO-khi sho-LE-kha-kha va-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti-kha ve-et-ha-ne-a-RIM yo-DA-ti el-me-KOM pe-lo-NI al-mo-NI
In context — 1 Samuel 21:2
And David answered Ahimelech the priest at that time and said to him, “The king has charged me and said to me, ‘Let no one know what I have sent you to do.’ And I said to my men, ‘Hide me in a place.’”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 21:2, so the Hebrew word צִוַּ֣נִי (tsivani) 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.21.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.2.W6.S1) and character.