2 Chronicles 17:2:62 Chr.17.2.W6TAB

נְצִיבִים֙

netsivim

garrisons or officers

Transliteration
ne-tsi-VIM
Extended
neh-tsih-VEEM
IPA
/nətsiˈviːm/

Meaning by language

English
garrisons or officers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נְ + צִי + בִים֙
ne + tsi + vim
netsivim

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-tsi-VIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM

  3. clause

    va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim a-SHER la-KHAD a-SA a-VI-v

  4. sentence

    va-yit-TEN-kha-YIL be-KHOL-a-RE ye-hu-DA ha-be-tsu-ROT va-yit-TEN ne-tsi-VIM be-E-rets ye-hu-DA u-ve-a-RE e-fe-RA-yim a-SHER la-KHAD a-SA a-VI-v

Exegesis

The repetition wayyiṯen nᵉṣīvīm {וַיִּתֵּ֤ן נְצִיבִים֙ | wayyiṯen nᵉṣīvīm} parallels appointing garrisons in two domains: bᵉʾereṣ-Yehudah {בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֔ה | bᵉʾereṣ-Yehudah} and u-bᵉ’ārei-’Ephrayim {וּבְעָרֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם | u-bᵉ’ārei ’Ephrayim}.

Root and etymology

n-ṣ-b

to station, stand firm

In context2 Chronicles 17:2

And he stationed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and he placed garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 17:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 17:2, so the Hebrew word נְצִיבִים֙ (netsivim) 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.17.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.2.W6.S1) and character.