Numbers 2:6:1Num.2.6.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-fku-DA-v
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fku-DA-v ar-ba-A va-kha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-ar-BA mei-OT
Exegesis
The verse opens with two vav-conjoined subjects, utseva'o {וּצְבָא֖וֹ | ūṣ-ṣə-ḇā-’ō} ‘and his host’ and ufekudav {וּפְקֻדָ֑יו | ū-pə-qû-ḏā-v} ‘and those mustered of him,’ forming a paratactic structure for emphasis in enumeration.
Root and etymology
ṣ-b-’tsade–bet–aleph
“to marshal, wage war”
In context — Numbers 2:6
And his host and those enrolled with him numbered fifty-four thousand and four hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:6, 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.2.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.6.W1.S1) and character.