Numbers 15:36:11Num.15.36.W11TAB
צִוָּ֥ה
tsiva
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA
- Extended
- tsee-VAH
- IPA
- /tsiˈvaː/
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-VA
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yo-TSI-u o-TO kol-ha-e-DA el-mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH va-yir-ge-MU o-TO ba-a-va-NIM va-ya-MOT ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The relative particle kaʾăšer {כַּאֲשֶׁר | kaʾăšer} “as” introduces the as-clause tied to tsivvāh {צִוָּה | ṣivvāh} “he commanded,” affirming exact obedience to YHWH’s directive to Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mōšeh}. This structure reinforces communal responsibility under divine authority.
Root and etymology
Rootṣ-w-h
“to command”
In context — Numbers 15:36
And all the assembly brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:36:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 15:36, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֥ה (tsiva) 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.15.36.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.36.W11.S1) and character.