Exodus 32:8:5Exod.32.8.W5TAB
צִוִּיתִ֔ם
tsivitim
“I commanded them”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VI-tim
- Extended
- tsih-VEE-tim
- IPA
- /tsiwˈwiː.θim/
Meaning by language
- English
- I commanded them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tsi-VI-tim
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER tsi-VI-tim
- clause
sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-VI-tim a-SU la-HEM E-gel ma-se-KHA
- sentence
sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-VI-tim a-SU la-HEM E-gel ma-se-KHA va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO va-yiz-be-khu-LO va-yom-RU E-le e-lo-HE-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER he-eh-LU-kha me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional min-ha-derekh {מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ | min-ha-de-reḵ} ‘from the path’ establishes a covenantal course, with the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-sher} ‘which’ linking to tsivitem {צִוִּיתִ֔ם | ṣiv-vî-tem} ‘I commanded them’, subordinating human action to divine instruction.
In context — Exodus 32:8
They have quickly turned aside from the path which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a calf, a molten image , bowed down to it and sacrificed to it, and said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 32:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 32:8, so the Hebrew word צִוִּיתִ֔ם (tsivitim) 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.32.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.32.8.W5.S1) and character.