Exodus 16:34:2Exod.16.34.W2TAB
צִוָּ֥ה
tsivvah
“{He} commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsiv-VAH
- Extended
- tsihv-VAA
- IPA
- /tsiw.ˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {He} commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
tsiv-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
tsiv-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsiv-VAH Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH
- sentence
ka-a-SHER tsiv-VAH Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH va-yan-ni-KHE-hu a-ha-RON lif-NEI ha-e-DOOT le-mish-ma-RET
Exegesis
The Piel perfect tsivvah {צִוָּה | ṣiv-vāh} carries the divine subject YHWH and the prepositional recipient el Moshe {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel-Mō-šeh}, producing a verb–subject–object pattern in translation.
Root and etymology
צ–ו–ה
“to command, instruct”
In context — Exodus 16:34
Just as the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the testimony for preservation.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 16:34, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֥ה (tsivvah) 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 Exod.16.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.34.W2.S1) and character.