Isaiah 21:10:7Isa.21.10.W7TAB
צְבָא֛וֹת
tsevaot
“hosts”
- Transliteration
- tse-va-OT
- Extended
- tseh-vaa-OHT
- IPA
- /tsəvaˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
tse-va-OT
- phraseyour reading level
me-ET Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- clause
a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti me-ET Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hig-GAD-ti la-KHEM
- sentence
me-du-SHA-ti u-VEN-GAR-ni a-SHER sha-MA-e-ti me-ET Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hig-GAD-ti la-KHEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me’et {מֵאֵת | mēʾēt} ‘from’ marks the divine source, followed by the compound titles YHWH Tsevaot {יְהוָה צְבָא֛וֹת | Yəhōwāh Ṣəḇāʾōṯ} and Elohei Yisrael {אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾĕlōhêy Yiśrāʾēl} in apposition.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-ʾtsade–bet–aleph
“army, host”
In context — Isaiah 21:10
My threshed one , and son of my threshing floor, what I have heard from the LORD of hosts and the God of Israel , I have declared to you.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 21:10, so the Hebrew word צְבָא֛וֹת (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.21.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.10.W7.S1) and character.