Genesis 49:33:3Gen.49.33.W3TAB
לְצַוֺּ֣ת
letsavvot
“to command”
- Transliteration
- le-tsav-VOT
- Extended
- leh-tsahv-VOHT
- IPA
- /lə.tsaw.ˈwoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to command
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-tsav-VOT
- phraseyour reading level
le-tsav-VOT et-ba-NAV
- clause
va-ye-KHAL ya-a-KOV le-tsav-VOT et-ba-NAV va-ye-e-SOF rag-LAV el-ha-mit-TA
- sentence
va-ye-KHAL ya-a-KOV le-tsav-VOT et-ba-NAV va-ye-e-SOF rag-LAV el-ha-mit-TA va-yig-VA va-ye-A-sef el-am-MAV
Exegesis
vayekhal {וַיְכַ֤ל | way-ḵal} ‘and he finished’ introduces closure to the preceding discourse and governs the infinitive letsavvot {לְצַוֺּ֣ת | lə-ṣaw-wōṯ} ‘to command’ as its complement, indicating that what Jacob finished was his formal charge to his sons.
Root and etymology
tsade–vav–hehtsade–vav–heh
“to command”
In context — Genesis 49:33
When Jacob finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last , and was gathered to his people.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 49:33, so the Hebrew word לְצַוֺּ֣ת (letsavvot) 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.49.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.33.W3.S1) and character.