Isaiah 19:16:11Isa.19.16.W11TAB
צְבָא֔וֹת
tsevaot
“of hosts”
- Transliteration
- tse-va-OT
- Extended
- tseh-vaa-OHT
- IPA
- /tsəvaːˈʔoːt/
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
yad-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- clause
ve-kha-RAD u-fa-KHAD mip-pe-NE te-nu-FAT yad-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER-HU me-NIF a-LAV
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-ye mits-ra-YIM ka-na-SHIM ve-kha-RAD u-fa-KHAD mip-pe-NE te-nu-FAT yad-ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER-HU me-NIF a-LAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase min-pnei tenupat yad-YHWH tsevaot {מִפְּנֵי תְּנוּפַת יָד־יְהוָה צְבָא֔וֹת | min-pnê te-nūp̄āṯ yāḏ-Yəhōwāh ṣəvāʼōṯ} ‘from before the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts’ assigns divine military agency as the cause of fear.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–bet–aleph
“army; host”
In context — Isaiah 19:16
In that day Egypt will be like women, and it will tremble and be afraid because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts , which He raises over it.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Isaiah 19:16, so the Hebrew word צְבָא֔וֹת (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.19.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.16.W11.S1) and character.