Leviticus 14:40:1Lev.14.40.W1TAB

וְצִוָּה֙

vehtsiva

command

Transliteration
veh-tsi-VA
Extended
veh-tsi-VAA
IPA
/wətsiˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
command

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + צִ + וָּה֙
veh + tsi + va
vehtsiva

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    veh-tsi-VA

  2. clause

    veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-khil-TSU et-ha-ah-va-NEEM a-SHER ba-HEN ha-NA-ga

  3. sentence

    veh-tsi-VA ha-ko-HEN veh-khil-TSU et-ha-ah-va-NEEM a-SHER ba-HEN ha-NA-ga veh-hish-LI-khoo et-HEN el-mi-KHUTS la-IR el-ma-KOM ta-ME

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb vetsiwwah {וְצִוָּה֙ | wə-ṣîwwāh} ‘and he shall command’, a Qal perfect form signaling authoritative direction.

In contextLeviticus 14:40

And the priest shall command, and they shall tear out the stones which have the infection , and they shall cast them outside the city to an unclean place.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 14:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 14:40, 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.14.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.40.W1.S1) and character.