Numbers 35:2:1Num.35.2.W1TAB
צַו֮
tsav
“Command”
- Transliteration
- tsav
- Extended
- tsahv
- 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-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET
- sentence
tsav et-bne yis-ra-EL ve-nat-NU la-le-vi-YIM mi-na-cha-LAT a-khu-za-TAM a-RIM la-sha-VET u-mig-RASH le-a-RIM se-vi-vo-TEI-hem tit-NU la-le-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with tsav {צַו֮ | ṣāw} ‘command’, presenting a direct authoritative injunction.
Root and etymology
צ־ו־ה
“to command”
In context — Numbers 35:2
Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns for dwelling and pastureland around those towns.
About this coordinate
Numbers 35:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 35:2, so the Hebrew word צַו֮ (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.35.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.35.2.W1.S1) and character.