Numbers 2:18:4Num.2.18.W4TAB
לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם
letsivotam
“by their companies”
- Transliteration
- le-tsiv-o-TAM
- Extended
- leh-tsiv-oh-TAHM
- IPA
- /lətsivʔoˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their companies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-tsiv-o-TAM
- clause
DE-gel ma-kha-NEH ef-RA-yim le-tsiv-o-TAM ya-MAH
- sentence
DE-gel ma-kha-NEH ef-RA-yim le-tsiv-o-TAM ya-MAH ve-na-SI liv-NEI ef-RA-yim e-li-sha-MA ben-a-mi-HUD
Exegesis
Le-tsivʾōtām {לְצִבְאֹתָם | lə-ṣivʾōtām} ‘according to their divisions’ employs a feminine plural construct with suffix to specify organizational units.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־א
“military force”
In context — Numbers 2:18
The standard of the camp of Ephraim by their divisions was to the west, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim was Elishama son of Ammihud.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:18, so the Hebrew word לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם (letsivotam) 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.2.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.18.W4.S1) and character.