Numbers 2:21:1Num.2.21.W1TAB
וּצְבָא֖וֹ
utsevao
“and his company”
- Transliteration
- u-tse-VA-o
- Extended
- oo-tseh-VAH-oh
- IPA
- /utsəvaˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his company
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-tse-VA-o
- clause
u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem she-NA-im u-she-lo-SHIM E-lef u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction vav joined to the noun utseva’o {וּצְבָא֖וֹ | ṣəḇāʼô} ‘host’, forming a construct phrase that denotes the military unit assigned to each tribal banner.
Root and etymology
צ-ב-א
“to muster or wage war”
In context — Numbers 2:21
And his division and their registered number were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:21, so the Hebrew word וּצְבָא֖וֹ (utsevao) 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.2.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.21.W1.S1) and character.