Leviticus 14:4:1Lev.14.4.W1TAB
וְצִוָּה֙
vehtsiva
“command”
- Transliteration
- veh-tsi-VA
- Extended
- veh-tsi-VAA
- IPA
- /vət͡siˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- command
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
veh-tsi-VA
- clause
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT te-ho-ROT
- sentence
veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-lah-KAKH la-mi-ta-HER shtee-tsip-po-RIM khai-YOT te-ho-ROT veh-ETS EH-rez oo-she-NEE to-LA-at veh-EH-ZOV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive Piel form vetsivvah {וְצִוָּה֙ | wə-ṣiv-vāh} ‘and he shall command’, introducing a procedural directive by the definite noun hakohen {הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hā-qō-hên} ‘the priest’.
In context — Leviticus 14:4
Then the priest shall command that two living clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop be taken for the one being cleansed.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:4, so the Hebrew word וְצִוָּה֙ (vehtsiva) 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 Lev.14.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.4.W1.S1) and character.