Numbers 2:30:1Num.2.30.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
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-fe-ku-DEI-hem
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fe-ku-DEI-hem she-lo-SHA va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-AR-ba me-OT
Exegesis
The verse is a nominal clause with an implied verb “were,” introduced by utseva’o {וּצְבָא֖וֹ | û-ṣə-ḇā-ʾō} ‘and his army’ coordinated with ufekudeihem {וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם | û-pə-qû-ḏê-hêm} ‘and their mustered men,’ both forming the subject. The subsequent numeric expression sheloshah vachamishim elef ve’arba me’ot ‘three and fifty thousand and four hundred’ employs Hebrew addition and multiplication rules: (3 + 50) × 1,000 + 400. The chain of vav-conjunctions links units, tens, thousands, and hundreds in typical Hebrew enumeration. The fronted predicates emphasize the host’s composition. English supplies the verb “totaled” (formal) or “was” (dynamic) to complete the equational clause.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־אts-b-aleph
“army, host”
In context — Numbers 2:30
And his army , and their mustered men , totaled fifty-three thousand four hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:30, 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.2.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.30.W1.S1) and character.