Joshua 21:2:8Josh.21.2.W8TAB
צִוָּ֣ה
tsiva
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA
- Extended
- tsi-VAH
- IPA
- /tsivˈaː/
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
tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh
- clause
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
va-ye-dab-REU a-lei-HEM be-shi-LO be-E-retz ke-na-AN lei-MOR Ye-ho-VAH tsi-VA be-YAD-MO-sheh la-TET-LA-nu a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-re-shei-HEN liv-hemt-TE-nu
Exegesis
In the clause YHWH tsivvah beyad-mosheh {יְהוָה צִוָּה בְיַד־מֹשֶׁה | yᵊ·hō·wāh ṣîw·wāh bĕ·yad-mō·shêh}, the prepositional phrase indicates divine agency mediated by Moses.
Root and etymology
צ־ו־הṣ-w-h
“to command”
In context — Joshua 21:2
And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in and their pasturelands for our livestock.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 21:2, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֣ה (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.21.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.2.W8.S1) and character.