2 Samuel 17:14:122 Sam.17.14.W12TAB
צִוָּ֗ה
tsiva
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA
- Extended
- tsih-VAA
- IPA
- /tsiˈwaː/
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 | |
| 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
va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM ve-KHOL-ISH yis-ra-EL to-VA a-TSAT khu-SHAI ha-ar-KI me-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel va-ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA le-ha-FER et-a-TSAT a-khi-TO-fel hat-to-VA le-va-a-VUR ha-VI ye-ho-VAH el-av-sha-LOM et-ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The causative construction wə-yəh-wāh ṣîvvāh ləhāpēr {וַיהוָה צִוָּה לְהָפֵר | wə-yəh-wāh ṣîvvāh ləhāpēr} ‘and the LORD commanded to frustrate’ employs a Hiphil infinitive construct to express divine nullification of human advice.
Root and etymology
צ־ו־ה
“to command”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:14
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” The LORD commanded the frustration of Ahithophel’s good counsel in order to bring disaster upon Absalom.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 17:14, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֗ה (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 Sam.17.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.14.W12.S1) and character.