Numbers 2:33:8Num.2.33.W8TAB
צִוָּ֥ה
tsivah
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VAH
- Extended
- tsi-VAH
- IPA
- /tsiˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH et-MO-sheh
- sentence
ve-ha-le-VI-yim LO hat-pa-KDU be-TOkh be-NEI yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH et-MO-sheh
Exegesis
Tsivvah {צִוָּה | ṣî-wāh} in Piel conveys a strong directive by YHWH {יְהוָה | yə-hō-wāh}, linking God’s instruction to Moses to the census procedure. Retaining the adversative “Yet” and a passive construction for hatpaqdu preserves the Hebrew syntax and theological nuance of Levitical separation.
Root and etymology
ts-w-htsade–vav–he
“to command, to give orders”
In context — Numbers 2:33
Yet the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 2:33, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֥ה (tsivah) 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.2.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.33.W8.S1) and character.