ויצוהו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ויצוהו

   va-ye-tsa-VE-hu

   and he commanded him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 ויצוהו וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־אָ֠חָז

   va-ye-tsa-VE-hu va-ye-tsa-VE ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ

   and he commanded him and he commanded the king Ahaz
3. clause🔊 ויצוהו וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־אָ֠חָז אֶת־אוּרִיָּ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן לֵאמֹ֗ר עַ֣ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ הַגָּד֡וֹל הַקְטֵ֣ר אֶת־עֹֽלַת־הַבֹּקֶר֩ וְאֶת־מִנְחַ֨ת הָעֶ֜רֶב וְֽאֶת־עֹלַ֧ת הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְאֶת־מִנְחָת֗וֹ וְ֠אֵת עֹלַ֞ת כָּל־עַ֤ם הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּמִנְחָתָ֣ם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶ֔ם וְכָל־דַּ֥ם עֹלָ֛ה וְכָל־דַּם־זֶ֖בַח עָלָ֣יו תִּזְרֹ֑ק

   va-ye-tsa-VE-hu va-ye-tsa-VE ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ et-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN le-MOR AL ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ga-DOL ha-ke-TER et-o-LAT-ha-BO-ker ve-et-min-KHAT ha-E-rev ve-et-o-LAT ha-ME-lekh ve-et-min-kha-TO ve-ET o-LAT KAL-AM ha-A-rets u-min-kha-TAM ve-nis-ke-HEM ve-KAL-DAM o-LA ve-KAL-DAM-ZE-vakh a-LAV tiz-ROK

   and he commanded him and he commanded the king Ahaz {direct object} Uriah the priest saying on the altar the great make smoke or burn as incense {direct object} the burnt offering of the morning and {direct object} the grain offering of the evening and {direct object} the burnt offering of the king and {direct object} his grain offering and burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offering and their drink offerings and all the blood of a burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice on it you shall throw or sprinkle
4. sentence🔊 ויצוהו וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־אָ֠חָז אֶת־אוּרִיָּ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן לֵאמֹ֗ר עַ֣ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֣חַ הַגָּד֡וֹל הַקְטֵ֣ר אֶת־עֹֽלַת־הַבֹּקֶר֩ וְאֶת־מִנְחַ֨ת הָעֶ֜רֶב וְֽאֶת־עֹלַ֧ת הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְאֶת־מִנְחָת֗וֹ וְ֠אֵת עֹלַ֞ת כָּל־עַ֤ם הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּמִנְחָתָ֣ם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶ֔ם וְכָל־דַּ֥ם עֹלָ֛ה וְכָל־דַּם־זֶ֖בַח עָלָ֣יו תִּזְרֹ֑ק וּמִזְבַּ֧ח הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת יִֽהְיֶה־לִּ֖י לְבַקֵּֽר׃

   va-ye-tsa-VE-hu va-ye-tsa-VE ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ et-u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN le-MOR AL ha-miz-BE-akh ha-ga-DOL ha-ke-TER et-o-LAT-ha-BO-ker ve-et-min-KHAT ha-E-rev ve-et-o-LAT ha-ME-lekh ve-et-min-kha-TO ve-ET o-LAT KAL-AM ha-A-rets u-min-kha-TAM ve-nis-ke-HEM ve-KAL-DAM o-LA ve-KAL-DAM-ZE-vakh a-LAV tiz-ROK u-miz-BA-akh han-ne-KHO-shet yih-ye-LE le-vak-KER

   and he commanded him and he commanded the king Ahaz {direct object} Uriah the priest saying on the altar the great make smoke or burn as incense {direct object} the burnt offering of the morning and {direct object} the grain offering of the evening and {direct object} the burnt offering of the king and {direct object} his grain offering and burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offering and their drink offerings and all the blood of a burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice on it you shall throw or sprinkle and the altar of the bronze it will be for me to inquire or to examine

Exegesis

The vav-consecutive vayetzaveh {וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה | wayyəṣṣawwéh} ‘and he commanded’ introduces a direct royal instruction.

Root and etymology

צ־ו־ה🔊 tsade–vav–he

“to command”

• 🔊 מִצְוָהmîṣvāhcommandmentExodus 20:6