Numbers 22:34:11Num.22.34.W11TAB

נִצָּ֥ב

nitsav

are standing

Transliteration
nits-AV
Extended
nits-AAV
IPA
/nitsˈaːv/

Meaning by language

English
are standing

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Result
נִ + צָּ֥ב
nits + av
nitsav

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    nits-AV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    nits-AV lik-ra-TI

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer bil-AM el-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH kha-ta-TI KI LO ya-dat-TI KI a-TA nits-AV lik-ra-TI ba-da-REKH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer bil-AM el-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH kha-ta-TI KI LO ya-dat-TI KI a-TA nits-AV lik-ra-TI ba-da-REKH ve-a-TA im-RA be-ei-NE-kha a-shu-VA LI

Exegesis

The participial phrase nitsṣāḇ liqrōʾtî {נִצָּ֥ב לִקְרָאתִ֖י | nitsṣāḇ liqrōʾtî} ‘standing to meet me’ serves as an agentive circumstance.

In contextNumbers 22:34

And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD , "I have sinned , for I did not know that you were standing to meet me on the road. Now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will turn back."

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:34:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 22:34, so the Hebrew word נִצָּ֥ב (nitsav) 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.22.34.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.34.W11.S1) and character.