2 Samuel 20:23:32 Sam.20.23.W3TAB
כָּל־הַצָּבָ֖א
kalhatsava
“all the army”
- Transliteration
- kal-ha-tsa-VA
- Extended
- kaal-hah-tsah-VAA
- IPA
- /kɔl.hatsːaːˈvaːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the army
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
kal-ha-tsa-VA
- phraseyour reading level
EL kal-ha-tsa-VA
- clause
ve-yo-AV EL kal-ha-tsa-VA yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-yo-AV EL kal-ha-tsa-VA yis-ra-EL u-ve-na-YA ben-ye-ho-ya-DA al-ha-khi ha-khe-re-TI ve-al-ha-pe-le-TI
Exegesis
The verse uses the conjunction veyo’av {וְיוֹאָב | və-yō-’ā-ḇ} to introduce Joab as the new subject, followed by the prepositional phrase el kol-ha-tsava yisra’el {אֶל־כָּל־הַצָּבָא יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾel kol-hā-ṣā-ḇāʾ yiś-rā-’ēl} denoting his authority over the army.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־א
“army, host”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:23
And Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and over the Pelethites.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:23, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הַצָּבָ֖א (kalhatsava) 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.20.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.23.W3.S1) and character.