2 Kings 18:12:112 Kgs.18.12.W11TAB
צִוָּ֔ה
tsiva
“he commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA
- Extended
- tsih-VAA
- IPA
- /tsiˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-VA
- phraseyour reading level
kal-a-SHER tsi-VA
- clause
AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
AL a-SHER lo-SHA-me-U be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-av-RE-U et-be-ri-TO ET kal-a-SHER tsi-VA mo-SHE E-ved Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO SHA-me-U ve-LO A-SU
Exegesis
The double object marker ʾēt {אֶת | ʾēṯ} frames bərîtō and kol ’ăšer ṣivvāh Mōšē ʿeḇeḏ YHWH {כָּל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד יְהוָה | kol ʾăšer ṣiv-vāh Mō-šē ʿe-ḇeḏ Yəhōwāh}, marking the full extent of disobedience.
Root and etymology
ts-v-h
“to command, direct”
In context — 2 Kings 18:12
They did not heed the voice of the LORD their God , and they violated His covenant—everything that Moses, the LORD’s servant, commanded. They neither listened nor carried it out.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 18:12, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֔ה (tsiva) 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 Kgs.18.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.12.W11.S1) and character.