2 Samuel 17:25:62 Sam.17.25.W6TAB
עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א
alhatsava
“over the army”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-tsa-VA
- Extended
- ahl-hah-tsah-VAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.hat͡sːaːˈvɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
al-ha-tsa-VA
- clause
ve-ET-a-ma-SA SAM av-sha-LOM TA-khat yo-AV al-ha-tsa-VA
- sentence
ve-ET-a-ma-SA SAM av-sha-LOM TA-khat yo-AV al-ha-tsa-VA va-a-ma-SA ven-ISH u-she-MO yit-RA ha-yis-re-E-li a-SHER-ba el-a-vi-GAL bat-na-KHASH a-KHOT tse-ru-YA EM yo-AV
Exegesis
The preposition tachat {תַּחַת | ṯā-ḥat} “in place of” signals replacement, and the compound prepositional phrase al-hatzava {עַל־הַצָּבָא | ʿal-ha-ṣā-ḇāʾ} denotes authority over the army.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–waw–aleph
“to come, arrive”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:25
And Absalom appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Amasa was the son of a man named Yithra the Israelite, who came to Abigail , the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 17:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַצָּבָ֑א (alhatsava) 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.17.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.25.W6.S1) and character.