צָבָ֔א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 צָבָ֔א

   tsa-VA

   army or host
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יוֹצֵ֣א צָבָ֔א

   yo-TSE tsa-VA

   going out army or host
3. clause🔊 וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם לְמִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗ם שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף בָּחוּר֙ יוֹצֵ֣א צָבָ֔א אֹחֵ֖ז רֹ֥מַח וְצִנָּֽה׃

   va-yif-ke-DEM le-mi-BEN e-she-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la va-yim-tsa-EM she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR yo-TSE tsa-VA o-KHEZ RO-makh ve-tsi-NA

   and he mustered them from a son of twenty year and upward and he found them three hundred thousand choice young man going out army or host holding spear and shield
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֣ם לְבֵית־אָב֗וֹת לְשָׂרֵ֤י הָאֲלָפִים֙ וּלְשָׂרֵ֣י הַמֵּא֔וֹת לְכָל־יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֗ם לְמִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה וַיִּמְצָאֵ֗ם שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֤לֶף בָּחוּר֙ יוֹצֵ֣א צָבָ֔א אֹחֵ֖ז רֹ֥מַח וְצִנָּֽה׃

   va-yik-BOTS a-mats-YA-hu et-ye-hu-DA va-ya-a-mi-DEM le-VET-a-VOT le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM u-le-sa-RE ha-me-OT le-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN va-yif-ke-DEM le-mi-BEN e-she-RIM sha-NA va-MA-la va-yim-tsa-EM she-LOSH-me-OT E-lef ba-KHUR yo-TSE tsa-VA o-KHEZ RO-makh ve-tsi-NA

   and he gathered Amaziah {direct object marker} Judah and he set them by house of fathers to commanders of the thousands and to commanders of the hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin and he mustered them from a son of twenty year and upward and he found them three hundred thousand choice young man going out army or host holding spear and shield

Exegesis

The sequential participles yōṣē’ ṣāḇā’ {יוֹצֵא צָבָא | yōṣē’ ṣāḇā’} ‘going out to war’, ’ōḥēz rōmaḥ {אֹחֵז רֹ֥מַח | ’ōḥēz rōmaḥ} ‘grasping a spear’, and wə-ṣinnāh {וְצִנָּה | wə-ṣinnāh} ‘and a shield’ form a tricolon illustrating combat readiness.

Root and etymology

ṣ-b-ʾ🔊 צ־ב־אṣade–bet–aleph

“to muster, serve”

• 🔊 צְבָאוֹתtsevaothosts, armiesExodus 12:41