Numbers 28:2:1Num.28.2.W1TAB

צַ֚ו

tsav

Command

Transliteration
TSAV
Extended
TSAHV
IPA
/tsav/

Meaning by language

English
Command

Alphabet Analysis

Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    TSAV

  2. clause

    TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM

  3. sentence

    TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO

Exegesis

The verse opens with the imperative tsav {צַ֚ו | tsav} ‘command,’ establishing a directive.

Root and etymology

ts-w-h

to command

In contextNumbers 28:2

Command the sons of Israel and say to them, “My offering, my food for my fire-offerings , my pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to bring near to me at its appointed time,” says the LORD .

About this coordinate

Numbers 28:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 28:2, so the Hebrew word צַ֚ו (tsav) 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.28.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.28.2.W1.S1) and character.