Numbers 15:23:3Num.15.23.W3TAB
צִוָּ֧ה
tsivah
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VAH
- Extended
- tsi-VAH
- IPA
- /tsi.vaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
tsi-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ET KOL-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ET KOL-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH a-lei-KHEM be-YAD-mo-SHEH
- sentence
ET KOL-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH a-lei-KHEM be-YAD-mo-SHEH min-ha-YOM a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH va-ha-le-AH le-do-ro-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The verb tzivvāh {צִוָּה | ṣîw-wāh} ‘commanded’, in the Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular, appears initially within the object phrase and then anchors the temporal clause min ha-yōm asher tzivvāh YHWH {מִן־הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה | min-ha-yōm ʾă-šer ṣîw-wāh Yə-hō-wāh} ‘from the day that the LORD commanded’.
Root and etymology
RootTsade, Vav, Heh
“to command”
In context — Numbers 15:23
All that the LORD has commanded you through Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded and onward for your generations.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:23, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֧ה (tsivah) 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 Num.15.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.23.W3.S1) and character.