Numbers 34:2:1Num.34.2.W1TAB

צַ֞ו

tsav

Command

Transliteration
TSAV
Extended
TSAV
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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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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 ki-a-TEM ba-IM el-ha-A-retz ke-NA-an

  3. 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 contextNumbers 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.