Exodus 23:1:2Exod.23.1.W2TAB
תִשָּׂ֖א
tisa
“spread”
- Transliteration
- ti-SA
- Extended
- tih-SAA
- IPA
- /θisˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- spread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ti-SA
- phraseyour reading level
LO ti-SA
- clause
LO ti-SA SHE-ma SHAV
- sentence
LO ti-SA SHE-ma SHAV al-ta-SHET YAD-kha im-ra-SHA li-he-YOT ED kha-MAS
Exegesis
The prohibitive particle lō {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ with the Qal imperfect tiśśā {תִשָּׂא | tiśśā} ‘you shall carry’ issues a prohibition against šēmāʿ šāwəʾ {שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא | šēmāʿ šāwəʾ} ‘false report’.
Root and etymology
Rootnun-shin-aleph
“to lift or bear”
In context — Exodus 23:1
You must not carry a false report ; do not put your hand with a wicked person to be a violent witness.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 23:1, so the Hebrew word תִשָּׂ֖א (tisa) 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.23.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.1.W2.S1) and character.