Numbers 22:23:5Num.22.23.W5TAB
נִצָּ֣ב
nitstsav
“standing”
- Transliteration
- nits-TSAV
- Extended
- nits-TSAAV
- IPA
- /nitsˈtsaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- standing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
nits-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
nits-TSAV ba-DE-rekh
- clause
va-TEH-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV ba-DE-rekh ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO va-TET ha-a-TON min-ha-DE-rekh va-TE-lekh ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-TEH-re ha-a-TON ET-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH nits-TSAV ba-DE-rekh ve-khar-BO she-lu-FA be-ya-DO va-TET ha-a-TON min-ha-DE-rekh va-TE-lekh ba-sa-DE va-YAKH bil-AM ET-ha-a-TON le-hat-TO-ta ha-DE-rekh
Exegesis
The participle nitsav {נִצָּ֣ב | nî-ṣāḇ} ‘standing’ with the locative badderekh {בַּדֶּךְ | ba-ddê-reḵ} ‘in the road’ frames the vision, while the passive participle sheluphah {שְׁלוּפָה | šə-lû-p̄āh} ‘drawn’ and beyado {בְּיָד֔וֹ | bə-ya-ddô} ‘in his hand’ heighten the threat.
In context — Numbers 22:23
And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, and his sword was drawn in his hand. The donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field, and Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back to the road.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:23, so the Hebrew word נִצָּ֣ב (nitstsav) 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.22.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.23.W5.S1) and character.