2 Samuel 14:8:72 Sam.14.8.W7TAB
אֲצַוֶּ֥ה
atsave
“I will command or I will give orders”
- Transliteration
- a-tsa-VE
- Extended
- ah-tsah-VEH
- IPA
- /ʔătsaˈvːɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will command or I will give orders
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-tsa-VE
- phraseyour reading level
a-tsa-VE a-LA-yikh
- clause
va-a-NI a-tsa-VE a-LA-yikh
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-i-SHA le-KHI le-vei-TEKH va-a-NI a-tsa-VE a-LA-yikh
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect atsaveh {אֲצַוֶּ֥ה | ʾăṣāvveh} ‘I will command’ and the prepositional suffix in alayikh {עָלָֽיִךְ | ʿālāyḵ} ‘upon you’ complete the royal decree. The coordination of two vav clauses conveys rapid narrative progression typical of Hebrew historical prose.
Root and etymology
ts-v-htsade-vav-he
“to command”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:8
Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 14:8, so the Hebrew word אֲצַוֶּ֥ה (atsave) 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.14.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.8.W7.S1) and character.