2 Chronicles 17:18:72 Chr.17.18.W7TAB
צָבָֽא׃
tsava
“army”
- Transliteration
- tsa-VA
- Extended
- tsaa-VAA
- IPA
- /tsaːˈvɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-VA
- phraseyour reading level
kha-lu-TSEI tsa-VA
- clause
ve-IM-MO me-A-U-sh(e)-mo-NIM E-lef kha-lu-TSEI tsa-VA
- sentence
ve-AL-YA-DO ye-ho-za-VAD ve-IM-MO me-A-U-sh(e)-mo-NIM E-lef kha-lu-TSEI tsa-VA
Exegesis
The construct chain chalutse tsava {חֲלוּצֵי צָבָא | ḥă-lû-ṣê ṣā-ḇāʾ} functions as a classified group label, describing these men as properly outfitted for military service; English renders this with an adjectival phrase (“armed men / troops ready for war”) to keep the list readable while preserving the military nuance.
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–bet–aleph
“army, host”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:18
And at his hand was Jehozabad, and with him were 180,000 armed men .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 17:18, so the Hebrew word צָבָֽא׃ (tsava) 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 2 Chr.17.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.18.W7.S1) and character.