Genesis 18:19:5Gen.18.19.W5TAB

יְצַוֶּ֜ה

yetsavve

he will command

Transliteration
ye-tsav-VE
Extended
yeh-tsahv-VEH
IPA
/jə.tsaw.ˈwɛ/

Meaning by language

English
he will command

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Result
יְ + צַו + וֶּ֜ה
ye + tsav + ve
yetsavve

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-tsav-VE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE

  3. clause

    KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT

  4. sentence

    KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV

Exegesis

A purpose clause starts with lema‘an {לְמַעַן | ləmaʿan} and is specified by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer}, leading into the Piel imperfect yetsavveh {יְצַוֶּה | yəṣawweh} “he may command,” which takes the coordinated direct objects banav ve’et beito {בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ | bānāyw wə ʾeṯ bêṯô} “his sons and his household” and the prepositional modifier acharav {אַחֲרָיו | ʾaḥărāyw}.

In contextGenesis 18:19

For I have known him so that he may command his sons and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD , by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken concerning him.

About this coordinate

Genesis 18:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:19, so the Hebrew word יְצַוֶּ֜ה (yetsavve) 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 Gen.18.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.19.W5.S1) and character.