Isaiah 14:22:5Isa.14.22.W5TAB
צְבָא֑וֹת
tsevaot
“of hosts”
- Transliteration
- tse-va-OT
- Extended
- tseh-vaa-OHT
- IPA
- /tsəvɔːˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- of hosts
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
tse-va-OT
- phraseyour reading level
Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- clause
ve-kam-TI a-le-HEM ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
ve-kam-TI a-le-HEM ne-UM Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-hikh-rat-TI le-va-VEL SHEM u-she-AR ve-NIN va-NE-khed ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The oracle formula nə-ʾûm YHWH ṣə-vā-ʾôt {נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת | nə-ʾûm Yə-hō-wāh ṣə-vā-ʾôt} ‘oracle of the LORD of hosts’ introduces and concludes the pronouncement, framing its two-part structure.
Root and etymology
ts-b-ʾtsade–beth–aleph
“army, host”
In context — Isaiah 14:22
“For I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts , “and I will cut off from Babylon the name , and the remnant, and the descendant, and the posterity,” declares the LORD.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 14:22, so the Hebrew word צְבָא֑וֹת (tsevaot) 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 Isa.14.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.22.W5.S1) and character.