2 Samuel 18:12:162 Sam.18.12.W16TAB
צִוָּ֥ה
tsiva
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA
- Extended
- tsih-VAH
- IPA
- /tsiˈvːaː/
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
tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ISH el-YO-av ve-LO ve-LU a-no-KHI sho-KEL al-KA-pai E-lef KE-sef lo-esh-LAKH ya-DI el-BEN-ha-ME-lekh KI be-oz-NE-nu tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh ot-KHA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ISH el-YO-av ve-LO ve-LU a-no-KHI sho-KEL al-KA-pai E-lef KE-sef lo-esh-LAKH ya-DI el-BEN-ha-ME-lekh KI be-oz-NE-nu tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh ot-KHA ve-et-a-vi-SHAI ve-et-i-TAI le-MOR shim-RU-mi ba-NA-ar be-av-sha-LOM
Root and etymology
צ־ו־ה
“to command”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:12
And the man said to Joab, “Even if I were weighing a thousand shekels of silver in my palms, I would not lay my hand against the king ’s son, for we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect the young man Absalom.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:12:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Samuel 18:12, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֥ה (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.18.12.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.12.W16.S1) and character.