2 Samuel 23:14:42 Sam.23.14.W4TAB

וּמַצַּ֣ב

umatstsav

and a garrison or station

Transliteration
u-mats-TSAV
Extended
oo-mahts-TSAHV
IPA
/uːmat͡sˈt͡sav/

Meaning by language

English
and a garrison or station

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Result
וּ + מַצ + צַּ֣ב
u + mats + tsav
umatstsav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-mats-TSAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM

  3. clause

    u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM AZ BET LA-khem

  4. sentence

    ve-da-VID AZ ba-me-tsu-DA u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM AZ BET LA-khem

Exegesis

A parallel clause begins with u-matzav {וּמַצַּב | wə-maṭ-ṣāḇ} ‘and garrison,’ followed by pelishtim {פְּלִשְׁתִּים | pə-lîš-tîm} ‘of the Philistines’ in construct.

In context2 Samuel 23:14

And David was then in the stronghold , and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 23:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 23:14, so the Hebrew word וּמַצַּ֣ב (umatstsav) 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.23.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.14.W4.S1) and character.