Numbers 20:27:4Num.20.27.W4TAB
צִוָּ֣ה
tsivah
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VAH
- Extended
- tsi-VAH
- IPA
- /tsivˈvaː/
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
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ka-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ka-a-sher tsi-VAH Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-a-LU el-HOR ha-HAR le-ei-NEI kol-ha-ey-DAH
Exegesis
The adverbial clause ka'asher tsivvah YHWH {כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה | kaʾa-šer ṣiv-vâh Yə-hō-wāh} “as the LORD commanded” qualifies Moses’ obedience.
Root and etymology
Rootṣadi-vav-he
“to command, order”
In context — Numbers 20:27
And Moses did as the LORD commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the congregation.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:27, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֣ה (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.20.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.27.W4.S1) and character.