2 Samuel 21:14:122 Sam.21.14.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖ה
ashertsiva
“that he commanded”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-tsi-VA
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-tsee-VAA
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.tsiwˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
a-SHER-tsi-VA
- phraseyour reading level
KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA
- clause
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh va-ye-a-TER e-lo-HIM la-A-rets a-kha-RE-KHEN
Exegesis
The clause wə-yaʿăšû kôl ʾăšer ṣiwâh ha-méleḵ {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ} ‘and they did all that the king commanded’ is a subordinate completion clause linking obedience to royal command.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father, and they did all that the king commanded. And God was entreated for the land after this.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 21:14, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖ה (ashertsiva) 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.21.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.14.W12.S1) and character.