Zechariah 14:12:9Zech.14.12.W9TAB
צָבְא֖וּ
tsaveu
“waged war”
- Transliteration
- tsa-ve-U
- Extended
- tsaa-veh-OO
- IPA
- /tsaːvˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- waged war
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-ve-U
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER tsa-ve-U
- clause
ve-ZOT tih-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-kol-ha-am-MIM a-SHER tsa-ve-U al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- sentence
ve-ZOT tih-ye ha-mag-ge-FA a-SHER yig-GOF ye-ho-VAH et-kol-ha-am-MIM a-SHER tsa-ve-U al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ha-MEK be-sa-RO ve-HU o-MED al-rag-LAV ve-e-NAIV tim-mak-NA ve-kho-re-HEN u-le-sho-NO tim-MAK be-fi-HEM
Exegesis
The perfect tsavu {צָבְא֖וּ | ṣā-və-ʾû} ‘have assembled’ conveys completed hostile preparation, and the Hiphil participle hameq {הָמֵ֣ק | hā-mēq} ‘causing to waste away’ introduces a theme of supernatural decay.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–bet–aleph
“to assemble for battle”
In context — Zechariah 14:12
And this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have assembled against Jerusalem: their flesh will waste away as they stand on their feet, and their eyes will waste away in their sockets, and their tongues will waste away in their mouths.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Zechariah 14:12, so the Hebrew word צָבְא֖וּ (tsaveu) 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 Zech.14.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.12.W9.S1) and character.