Joshua 22:3:11Josh.22.3.W11TAB
מִצְוַ֖ת
mitsvat
“the commandment of”
- Transliteration
- mits-VAT
- Extended
- mits-VAHT
- IPA
- /mitsˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the commandment of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mits-VAT
- clause
u-shmar-TEM ET-mish-ME-ret mits-VAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
- sentence
lo-a-a-zav-TEM ET-a-KHEI-khem ze ya-MIM ra-BIM ad ha-YOM ha-ZEH u-shmar-TEM ET-mish-ME-ret mits-VAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
Finally, the construct chain mishmeret mitsvat YHWH eloheikhem {מִשְׁמֶרֶת מִצְוַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | miš-me-rêṯ mits-vāṯ Yə-hô-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hêi-khem} ‘charge of the commandment of the LORD your God’ underscores faithful obedience through entrusted responsibility.
Root and etymology
צ־ו־ה
“to command”
In context — Joshua 22:3
You have not forsaken your brothers through all these many days, even to this day; instead, you have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 22:3, so the Hebrew word מִצְוַ֖ת (mitsvat) 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.22.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.3.W11.S1) and character.