Numbers 23:6:4Num.23.6.W4TAB
נִצָּ֖ב
nittsa v
“standing”
- Transliteration
- nit-TSA V
- Extended
- neet-TSAAV
- IPA
- /nitsˈsav/
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
nit-TSA V
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-NEH nit-TSA V
- clause
va-ya-SHAV e-LAV ve-hi-NEH nit-TSA V al-o-LA-to
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV e-LAV ve-hi-NEH nit-TSA V al-o-LA-to HU ve-khol-sa-REI mo-AV
Exegesis
The Nifal participle nīṣṣāḇ {נִצָּב | nīṣṣāḇ} ‘standing’ designates the subject’s posture, while ʿal-ʿōlātō {עַל־עֹלָת֑וֹ | ʿal-ʿōlātō} literally ‘upon his burnt offering’ (here rendered “beside”) denotes spatial relation and construct possession.
Root and etymology
“to stand, take a stand”
In context — Numbers 23:6
And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the officials of Moab.
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 23:6, so the Hebrew word נִצָּ֖ב (nittsa v) 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.23.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.6.W4.S1) and character.