Numbers 23:17:4Num.23.17.W4TAB
נִצָּב֙
nitsav
“standing”
- Transliteration
- ni-TSAV
- Extended
- nih-TSAAV
- IPA
- /niˈtsaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- standing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ni-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV
- clause
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-LAV ve-hin-NO ni-TSAV al-o-la-TO ve-sa-REI mo-AV it-TO va-yo-MER LO ba-LAK mah-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The participial form nitsav {נִצָּב | niṣ-ṣāḇ} ‘standing’ in the Niphal conveys a state of being, emphasizing the prophet’s poised posture at the sacrificial site.
Root and etymology
“to stand, take a stand”
In context — Numbers 23:17
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the officials of Moab were with him. Then Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:17, so the Hebrew word נִצָּב֙ (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.23.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.17.W4.S1) and character.