Leviticus 25:21:1Lev.25.21.W1TAB
וְצִוִּ֤יתִי
vehtsiveetee
“will command”
- Transliteration
- veh-tsi-VEE-TEE
- Extended
- veh-tsi-VEE-TEE
- IPA
- /vət͡siˈviːtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-tsi-VEE-TEE
- phraseyour reading level
veh-tsi-VEE-TEE et-BIR-kha-TI
- clause
veh-tsi-VEE-TEE et-BIR-kha-TI la-KHEM ba-sha-NA ha-shi-SHIT
- sentence
veh-tsi-VEE-TEE et-BIR-kha-TI la-KHEM ba-sha-NA ha-shi-SHIT veh-aa-SAAT et-hat-tev-oo-AH lish-LOSH ha-sha-NIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive + Piel perfect vetsiviti {וְצִוִּ֤יתִי | wə-ṣîwwîtî} ‘and I will command’, highlighting the divine initiative.
Root and etymology
צ־ו־ה
“to command”
In context — Leviticus 25:21
And I will command My blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it will produce the crop for three years .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 25:21, so the Hebrew word וְצִוִּ֤יתִי (vehtsiveetee) 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.25.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.21.W1.S1) and character.