2 Samuel 13:28:202 Sam.13.28.W20TAB
צִוִּ֣יתִי
tsiviti
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-vi-TI
- Extended
- tsih-vee-TEE
- IPA
- /tsiwːiːˈtˤiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
tsi-vi-TI
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-vi-TI et-khem
- clause
ha-lo KI a-no-KHI tsi-vi-TI et-khem khiz-KU vi-hyu liv-ne-KHA-yil
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV av-sha-LOM et-ne-a-RAV le-MOR re-U NA ke-TOV lev-am-NON ba-ya-YIN ve-a-mar-TI a-le-KHEM ha-KU et-am-NON va-ha-mi-TEM o-TO al-ti-re-U ha-lo KI a-no-KHI tsi-vi-TI et-khem khiz-KU vi-hyu liv-ne-KHA-yil
Exegesis
The jussive al-tirau {אַל־תִּירָ֑אוּ | ʾal-tî-rāʾû} prohibits fear, while the interrogative halo {הֲל֗וֹא | hə-lōʾ} and justification clause ki anokhi tsiviti {כִּי אָנֹכִי צִוִּיתִ֣י | kî ʾā-nō-ḵî ṣîw-wî-tî} underscore Absalom’s authority.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–vav–he
“to command, order”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:28
And Absalom commanded his young men, saying, “Observe now when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; is it not I who have commanded you? Be strong and be valiant men .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:28:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Samuel 13:28, so the Hebrew word צִוִּ֣יתִי (tsiviti) 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 Sam.13.28.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.28.W20.S1) and character.