Numbers 19:2:4Num.19.2.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה
ashertsivah
“that commanded”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-tsi-VAH
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-tsiv-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.tsivˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-SHER-tsi-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
- sentence
ZOT khu-KAT ha-to-RAH a-SHER-tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-yik-KHU e-LEI-kha fa-RAH a-du-MAH te-mi-MAH a-SHER EIN-bah MUM a-SHER LO-a-LAH a-LEI-ha OL
Exegesis
The relative clause ’asher-tsivvāh {אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה | ’asher-tsivvāh} ‘which he commanded’ links the Qal perfect verb ṣivvāh {צִוָּה | ṣivvāh} to the divine subject YHWH {יְהוָה | Yhwh}.
In context — Numbers 19:2
This is the statute of the instruction which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they may take for you a red heifer , perfect, in which there is no blemish and upon which no yoke has ever come.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:2, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה (ashertsivah) 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.19.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.2.W4.S1) and character.