Numbers 16:27:10Num.16.27.W10TAB
נִצָּבִים
nitsavim
“stood”
- Transliteration
- ni-tsa-VIM
- Extended
- nee-tsa-VEEM
- IPA
- /ni.tsːaˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- stood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-tsa-VIM
- sentence
va-yi-a-LU me-AL mish-KAN-KO-reakh da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM mi-sa-VIV ve-da-TAN va-a-vi-RAM yats-U ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh a-ho-le-HEM u-ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM ve-ta-PAM
Exegesis
The verb yāṣē’û ‘they went out’ followed by the Nifal participle nitsṣāḇîm {נִצָּבִים | nitsṣāḇîm} ‘standing’ creates a vivid image of purposeful confrontation.
Root and etymology
n-ṣ-bnun-tsade-bet
“to stand firm”
In context — Numbers 16:27
So they withdrew from around the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram went out and stood at the entrance of their tents with their wives and their sons and their little ones.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 16:27, so the Hebrew word נִצָּבִים (nitsavim) 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.16.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.27.W10.S1) and character.