Deuteronomy 16:22:3Deut.16.22.W3TAB
מַצֵּבָ֑ה
mattsevah
“a pillar”
- Transliteration
- mat-tse-VAH
- Extended
- maht-tseh-VAH
- IPA
- /matseˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a pillar
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mat-tse-VAH
- clause
ve-LO-ta-KIM le-KHA mat-tse-VAH
- sentence
ve-LO-ta-KIM le-KHA mat-tse-VAH a-SHER sa-NE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The noun matzevah {מַצֵּבָה | maṣṣēḇāh} ‘pillar’ functions as the direct object, denoting a cultic standing stone.
Root and etymology
n-ṣ-bn-tz-b
“to set up, stand”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:22
And you shall not set up for yourself a pillar that the LORD your God hates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 16:22, so the Hebrew word מַצֵּבָ֑ה (mattsevah) 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 Deut.16.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.22.W3.S1) and character.