Isaiah 24:21:6Isa.24.21.W6TAB
עַל־צְבָ֥א
altseva
“upon the host of”
- Transliteration
- al-tse-VA
- Extended
- ahl-tseh-VAA
- IPA
- /ʕal.tsəˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the host of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-tse-VA
- phraseyour reading level
al-tse-VA ham-ma-ROM
- clause
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU yif-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-tse-VA ham-ma-ROM bam-ma-ROM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU yif-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-tse-VA ham-ma-ROM bam-ma-ROM ve-al-mal-KHE ha-a-da-MA al-ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
The paired expressions ṣəḇāʼ hammā-rōm bā-mmā-rōm {צְבָא הַמָּר֖וֹם בַּמָּר֑וֹם | ṣə-ḇāʼ hammā-rōm bā-mmā-rōm} and malkê hā-ʾă-dā-māh ʿal-hā-ʾă-dā-māh {מַלְכֵי הָאֲדָמָה עַל־הָאֲדָמָה | malkê hā-ʾă-dā-māh ʿal-hā-ʾă-dā-māh} form a parallelism contrasting the heavenly host above with earthly kings below, underscoring the universal scope of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-ʾtsade–bet–aleph
“to wage war; to assemble”
In context — Isaiah 24:21
And it will be in that day that the LORD will punish the host of the height in the height, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 24:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 24:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־צְבָ֥א (altseva) 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.24.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.24.21.W6.S1) and character.