Numbers 34:2:1Num.34.2.W1TAB
צַ֞ו
tsav
“Command”
- Transliteration
- TSAV
- Extended
- TSAV
- IPA
- /tsav/
Meaning by language
- English
- Command
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
TSAV
- clause
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an ZOT ha-A-retz a-SHER tip-OL la-KHEM be-na-cha-LA E-retz ke-NA-an lig-vu-lo-TE-ha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the imperative tsav {צַו | tsăw} ‘command’, directing the issuance of an order.
Root and etymology
Rootts-v-h
“to command”
In context — Numbers 34:2
Command the sons of Israel and you shall say to them, “When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance —the land of Canaan according to its borders.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 34:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 34:2, so the Hebrew word צַ֞ו (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.34.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.34.2.W1.S1) and character.