1 Samuel 22:6:171 Sam.22.6.W17TAB
נִצָּבִ֥ים
nitsavim
“were standing”
- Transliteration
- ni-tsa-VIM
- Extended
- nih-tsaa-VEEM
- IPA
- /nits.saːˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- were 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ni-tsa-VIM
- phraseyour reading level
ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
- clause
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL KI no-DA da-VID va-a-na-SHIM a-SHER i-TO ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bag-giv-A TA-khat-ha-E-shel ba-ra-MA va-kha-ni-TO ve-ya-DO ve-KHOL-a-va-DAV ni-tsa-VIM a-LAV
Exegesis
The final participial clause vechol-avadav nitsavim alav {וְכָל־עֲבָדָ֖יו נִצָּבִ֥ים עָלָֽיו | wə-kol-ʿă-vā-ḏā-vû ni-ṣā-vîm ʿā-lā-vô} ‘and all his servants standing beside him’ portrays Saul’s entourage in attentive posture around the king.
Root and etymology
נ־צ־בn-ṣ-b
“to stand, take a stand”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:6
And Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered, and Saul was seated at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing around him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 22:6, so the Hebrew word נִצָּבִ֥ים (nitsavim) 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.22.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.6.W17.S1) and character.