2 Samuel 16:2:32 Sam.16.2.W3TAB
אֶל־צִיבָ֖א
eltsiva
“to Ziba”
- Transliteration
- el-tsi-va
- Extended
- ehl-tsee-VAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.tsiːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Ziba
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-tsi-va
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsi-va ma-E-le LAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsi-va ma-E-le LAKH va-YO-mer tsi-VA ha-kha-mo-RIM le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh lir-KHOV ve-le-le-KHEM ve-hal-LE-khem ve-ha-ka-YITS le-e-KHOL han-ne-a-RIM ve-ha-ya-YIN lish-TE-ot ha-ya-EF ba-mid-BAR
In context — 2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Ziba, “What are these to you?” And Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the house of the king to ride, and the bread and the summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the weary to drink in the wilderness.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־צִיבָ֖א (eltsiva) 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.16.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.2.W3.S1) and character.