Ezekiel 20:6:15Ezek.20.6.W15TAB
צְבִ֥י
tsevi
“splendor”
- Transliteration
- tse-VI
- Extended
- tseh-VEE
- IPA
- /tsəˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- splendor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
tse-VI
- phraseyour reading level
tse-VI HI
- clause
el-E-rets a-sher-TAR-ti la-HEM za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU na-SA-ti ya-DI la-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM el-E-rets a-sher-TAR-ti la-HEM za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The clause tsevi hi lekol-ha’aratzot {צְבִי הִיא לְכָל-הָאֲרָצוֹת | ṣə-ḇî hî lə-kol-hā-’ă-rā-ṣōt} ‘it is the beauty of all the lands’ uses the predicative noun tzevi to highlight the promised land’s exceptional status among nations.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-ytsade–bet–yod
“beauty, splendor”
In context — Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I lifted My hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had sought out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, which is the beauty of all the lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 20:6, so the Hebrew word צְבִ֥י (tsevi) 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 Ezek.20.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.6.W15.S1) and character.