Numbers 5:2:1Num.5.2.W1TAB
צַ֚ו
tsav
“Command”
- Transliteration
- TSA-v
- Extended
- TSahv
- IPA
- /tsaˈv/
Meaning by language
- English
- Command
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
TSA-v
- clause
TSA-v ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL vi-shal-KHU min-ha-ma-KHA-neh kol-tsa-RU-a ve-KOL-zav
- sentence
TSA-v ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL vi-shal-KHU min-ha-ma-KHA-neh kol-tsa-RU-a ve-KOL-zav ve-KOL ta-MEI la-NA-fesh
Exegesis
The verse opens with tsav {צַו | ṣav} ‘command’, introducing a direct imperative.
Root and etymology
צוהtsade-vav-he
“to command, order”
In context — Numbers 5:2
Command the sons of Israel, and let them send away from the camp every leper and everyone with a discharge , and everyone unclean because of a dead body.
About this coordinate
Numbers 5:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 5:2, so the Hebrew word צַ֚ו (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.5.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.5.2.W1.S1) and character.