Numbers 2:24:8Num.2.24.W8TAB
לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם
letsivotam
“by their companies”
- Transliteration
- le-tsiv-o-TAM
- Extended
- leh-tsiv-oh-TAHM
- IPA
- /lətsiv.ʔoˈtam/
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
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ef-ra-YIM me-AT E-lef u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM u-me-AH le-tsiv-o-TAM
- sentence
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM le-ma-kha-NEH ef-ra-YIM me-AT E-lef u-shmo-NAT-a-la-FIM u-me-AH le-tsiv-o-TAM u-shli-SHIM yis-SA-u
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-tsivotam {לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם | lə-ṣî-ḇō-ṯā-ḇām} ‘for their divisions’ employs a noun construct with a pronominal suffix specifying military cohorts.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־א
“military force”
In context — Numbers 2:24
All the mustered of the camp of Ephraim numbered one hundred eight thousand and one hundred for their divisions , and they set out third.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 2:24, so the Hebrew word לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם (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.2.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.24.W8.S1) and character.