Numbers 36:2:3Num.36.2.W3TAB
צִוָּ֣ה
tsiva
“commanded”
- Transliteration
- tsi-VA
- Extended
- tsi-VAH
- IPA
- /tsivˈaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- commanded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsi-VA
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MRU ET-a-do-NEE tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH la-TET ET-ha-A-retz be-na-ha-LA be-go-RAL liv-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MRU ET-a-do-NEE tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH la-TET ET-ha-A-retz be-na-ha-LA be-go-RAL liv-NEI yis-ra-EL va-a-do-NEE tsu-VA va-ye-ho-VAH la-TET ET-na-ha-LAT tselaf-KHAD a-khi-NU liv-no-TAV
Exegesis
The active perfect verb ṣîwâh {צִוָּה | ṣîwâh} ‘he commanded’ is paralleled by the passive perfect ṣûwâh {צֻוָּה | ṣûwâh} ‘he was commanded’, reinforcing divine agency.
Root and etymology
Roottsade vav heh
“to command, instruct”
In context — Numbers 36:2
And they said, “My lord, the LORD commanded you to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel. And my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 36:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 36:2, so the Hebrew word צִוָּ֣ה (tsiva) 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.36.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.36.2.W3.S1) and character.