2 Kings 20:1:152 Kgs.20.1.W15TAB
צַ֣ו
tsav
“command or set”
- Transliteration
- TSAV
- Extended
- TSAHV
- IPA
- /ˈtsaw/
Meaning by language
- English
- command or set
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
TSAV le-VE-te-KHA
- clause
va-ya-VO E-LAV ye-sha-YA-hu ben-a-MOTS ha-na-VI va-yo-MER E-LAV ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH TSAV le-VE-te-KHA KI MET a-TA ve-LO tikh-ye
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu la-MUT va-ya-VO E-LAV ye-sha-YA-hu ben-a-MOTS ha-na-VI va-yo-MER E-LAV ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH TSAV le-VE-te-KHA KI MET a-TA ve-LO tikh-ye
Exegesis
The imperative tsav {צַו | ṣāv} takes the object lveitecha {לְבֵיתֶךָ | lə-bē-ṯe-kha} “your house,” here a metaphor for family line and legacy, while met velo tichyeh {מֵת וְלֹא תִחְיֶה | mēṯ wə-lō ti-ḥyê} “and you will not live” delivers the irrevocable pronouncement.
In context — 2 Kings 20:1
Around that time, Hezekiah became ill, near death, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you will die; you will not live.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word צַ֣ו (tsav) 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.20.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.1.W15.S1) and character.