Numbers 2:23:1Num.2.23.W1TAB

וּצְבָא֖וֹ

utsevao

and his company

Transliteration
u-tse-VA-o
Extended
oo-tseh-VAH-oh
IPA
/ut͡səvaˈʔoː/

Meaning by language

English
and his company

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Result
וּ + צְ + בָא֖ + וֹ
u + tse + va + o
utsevao

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Tsadets as in cats
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-tse-VA-o

  2. clause

    u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem

  3. sentence

    u-tse-VA-o u-pe-ku-DEI-hem kha-mi-SHA u-shlo-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT

Exegesis

Utsevaʾō {וּצְבָא֖וֹ | u·ṣə·ḇā·ʾō} ‘and his army’ and ufəqudeihen {וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם | ū·pə·qū·ḏê·hēm} ‘and their numbered ones’ form the compound subject.

Root and etymology

Rootṣādē-bēt-aleph

army, host, service

In contextNumbers 2:23

And his army and their numbered ones were 35,400.

About this coordinate

Numbers 2:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:23, 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.2.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.23.W1.S1) and character.