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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
u-mats-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM
- clause
u-mats-TSAV pe-lish-TIM AZ BET LA-khem
- 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 context — 2 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.