2 Chronicles 25:7:92 Chr.25.7.W9TAB
צְבָ֣א
tseva
“army of”
- Transliteration
- tse-VA
- Extended
- tseh-VAA
- IPA
- /tsəˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- army of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
tse-VA
- phraseyour reading level
tse-VA yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA e-LAV le-MOR ha-ME-lekh AL-ya-VO im-me-KHA tse-VA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA e-LAV le-MOR ha-ME-lekh AL-ya-VO im-me-KHA tse-VA yis-ra-EL KI EN ye-ho-VAH im-yis-ra-EL KOL be-NE ef-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The jussive al-ya’vo {אַל־יָבֹא | ʾal-yā-vōʾ} ‘let not come’ issues a prohibition, taking immekha tseva yisra’el {עִמְּךָ צְבָא יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿim-mə-kā ṣə-ḇāʾ yiś-rā-’êl} ‘with you the army of Israel’.
Root and etymology
ṣ-ḇ-ʾtsade–bet–aleph
“host”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:7
But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—namely, not with all the sons of Ephraim.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 25:7, so the Hebrew word צְבָ֣א (tseva) 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.25.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.7.W9.S1) and character.