Numbers 2:8:1Num.2.8.W1TAB
וּצְבָא֖וֹ
utsevao
“and his company”
- Transliteration
- u-tse-VA-o
- Extended
- oo-tseh-VAH-oh
- IPA
- /u.tsəˈvaː.ʔoː/
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-DA-v
- sentence
u-tse-VA-o u-fe-ku-DA-v shiv-AH va-cha-mi-SHIM E-lef ve-AR-ba me-OT
Exegesis
The verse employs a coordinate construct: u-tseva'o {וּצְבָא֖וֹ | u-ṣə-ḇāʾô} ‘and his army’ and u-pə-qû-ḏāyw {וּפְקֻדָ֑יו | u-pə-qû-ḏāyw} ‘and his counted ones’ function as the compound subject, followed by a numerical predicate.
Root and etymology
צ־ב־א
“military force”
In context — Numbers 2:8
And his army and his counted ones were 57,400.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 2:8, 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.2.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.8.W1.S1) and character.