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
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-khil-TSU et-ha-ah-va-NEEM a-SHER ba-HEN ha-NA-ga
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.