Numbers 23:3:4Num.23.3.W4TAB

הִתְיַצֵּב֮

hityatsev

stand

Transliteration
hit-ya-TSEV
Extended
heet-ya-TSEEV
IPA
/hitjaˈtseːv/

Meaning by language

English
stand

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִתְ + יַ + צֵּב֮
hit + ya + tsev
hityatsev

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    hit-ya-TSEV

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER bil-AM le-va-LAK hit-ya-TSEV al-o-la-TE-kha ve-el-KHA u-LAI yik-ka-REH Ye-ho-VAH lik-ra-TI ud-VAHR ma-yar-E-ni ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER bil-AM le-va-LAK hit-ya-TSEV al-o-la-TE-kha ve-el-KHA u-LAI yik-ka-REH Ye-ho-VAH lik-ra-TI ud-VAHR ma-yar-E-ni ve-hig-GAD-ti LAKH va-ye-LEKH she-FI

Exegesis

The imperative `hittāṣēv {הִתְיַצֵּב | hittāṣēv} ‘stand’` is followed by the prepositional phrase `ʿal-ʿōlāteḵā {עַל־עֹלָתֶךָ | ʿal-ʿōlāteḵā} ‘on your burnt offering’`, positioning Balak.

Root and etymology

י־צ־בy-ṣ-b

to stand, take position

In contextNumbers 23:3

And Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD may meet me, and whatever word He shows me I will declare to you.” Then he went to a barren height.

About this coordinate

Numbers 23:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:3, so the Hebrew word הִתְיַצֵּב֮ (hityatsev) 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.23.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.3.W4.S1) and character.