Numbers 2:34:5Num.2.34.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה
ashertsivah
“that commanded”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-Tsi-VAH
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-tsi-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.tsiˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
a-SHER-Tsi-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-Tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ke-KHOL a-SHER-Tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH ET-Mo-SHEH KEN-Kha-NU le-dig-lei-HEM ve-KEN na-SA-U ISH le-mish-pe-kho-TAI-v al-BEIT a-vo-TAIV
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU be-NEI yis-ra-EL ke-KHOL a-SHER-Tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH ET-Mo-SHEH KEN-Kha-NU le-dig-lei-HEM ve-KEN na-SA-U ISH le-mish-pe-kho-TAI-v al-BEIT a-vo-TAIV
Exegesis
The relative clause kəkōl ’ăšer-ṣî-wāh {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה | kə-kōl ’ă-šer-ṣî-wāh} ‘according to all which he commanded’ frames the comprehensive obedience to divine instruction. A chiastic pairing kên-ḥānû …
Root and etymology
צ־ו־ה
“to command”
In context — Numbers 2:34
So the sons of Israel did everything just as the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards and set out, each by his clans and by his fathers’ houses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 2:34, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה (ashertsivah) 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.2.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.34.W5.S1) and character.