Numbers 34:13:1Num.34.13.W1TAB
וַיְצַ֣ו
vayetsav
“and commanded”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-TSAV
- Extended
- vah-yeh-TSAV
- IPA
- /vajəˈtsav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-TSAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-TSAV mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ye-TSAV mo-SHEH ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-EMOR
- sentence
va-ye-TSAV mo-SHEH ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-EMOR ZOT ha-A-retz a-SHER tit-na-kha-LU o-TAH be-go-RAL a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-tish-AT ha-ma-TOT va-kha-TSI ha-ma-TEH
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayetsav {וַיְצַ֣ו | wayyēṣab} ‘and he commanded,’ which shifts the discourse into direct speech.
Root and etymology
Rootts-v-h
“to command”
In context — Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 34:13, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַ֣ו (vayetsav) 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.34.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.13.W1.S1) and character.