Joshua 14:5:2Josh.14.5.W2TAB
צִוָּ֤ה
tsiva
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA
- Extended
- tsi-VAH
- IPA
- /tsivˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH ET-MO-sheh KEN a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH ET-MO-sheh KEN a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yakh-le-KU ET-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The completed command by tsivvah {צִוָּה | ṣîw-wāh} ‘he commanded’ from YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} takes et-Mosheh {אֶת־מֹשֶׁה | ʾet-mō-šêh} ‘into Moses’ as its direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootts–w–h
“to command”
In context — Joshua 14:5
Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so did the sons of Israel, and they divided the land .
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 14:5, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֤ה (tsiva) 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 Josh.14.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.5.W2.S1) and character.