Isaiah 19:4:12Isa.19.4.W12TAB
צְבָאֽוֹת׃
tsevaot
“hosts or armies”
- Transliteration
- tse-va-OT
- Extended
- tseh-vaa-OHT
- IPA
- /tsəvaːˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- hosts or armies
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
u-ME-lekh AZ yim-SHAL-BAM ne-UM ha-a-DON ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
ve-sik-KAR-ti et-mits-RA-yim be-YAD a-do-NIM ka-SHE u-ME-lekh AZ yim-SHAL-BAM ne-UM ha-a-DON ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
Exegesis
The term neʾum {נְאֻ֥ם | nə-ʾûm} ‘oracle declaration’ heralds the divine pronouncement, which includes the titles ha-adon {הָאָד֖וֹן | hā-ʾā-dôn} ‘the Lord’ and YHWH tsevaot {יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת | Yə-hō-wāh ṣĕ-vā-ʾōt} ‘LORD of hosts’, underscoring authoritative judgement. The Hebrew VSO order foregrounds divine agency; the English SVO structure preserves clarity while maintaining the sequence of divine titles.
Root and etymology
RootTsade–Bet–Aleph
“army, host”
In context — Isaiah 19:4
And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them; this is the declaration of the Lord the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 19:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Isaiah 19:4, so the Hebrew word צְבָאֽוֹת׃ (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.19.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.4.W12.S1) and character.