Judges 18:16:6Judg.18.16.W6TAB
נִצָּבִ֖ים
nitsavim
“standing”
- Transliteration
- ni-tsa-VIM
- Extended
- nih-tsah-VEEM
- IPA
- /nit͡saːˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- standing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-tsa-VIM
- clause
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar a-SHER mib-be-NE-DAN
Exegesis
The participle nitsavim {נִצָּבִ֖ים | nī-ṣā-vîm} ‘standing’ indicates their posture at the locative petach {פֶּ֣תַח | pē-ṭaḥ} ‘opening’, further specified by ha-sha’ar {הַשָּׁ֑עַר | ha-šā-ʿar} ‘the gate’.
Root and etymology
“to stand”
In context — Judges 18:16
And six hundred men from the tribe of Dan , girded with their weapons, stood at the entrance of the gate.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 18:16, so the Hebrew word נִצָּבִ֖ים (nitsavim) 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 Judg.18.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.16.W6.S1) and character.