Zechariah 14:16:13Zech.14.16.W13TAB

צְבָא֔וֹת

tsevaot

of hosts

Transliteration
tse-va-OT
Extended
tseh-vaa-OHT
IPA
/tsəvɔːˈʔoːt/

Meaning by language

English
of hosts

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
צְ + בָא֔ + וֹת
tse + va + ot
tsevaot

Alphabet Analysis

Tsadets as in cats
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    tse-va-OT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT

  3. clause

    ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA kol-ha-no-TAR mi-kol-ha-go-YIM ha-ba-IM al-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-a-LU mi-DE sha-NA ve-sha-NA le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-la-KHOG et-KHAG ha-su-KOT

Exegesis

The divine title YHWH tsevaot {יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת | yə-hō-wāh tṣā-vā-’ōt} serves as the object of worship.

Root and etymology

Roottsade–bet–aleph

army, host

In contextZechariah 14:16

And it will be that everyone who remains from all the nations that come against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to bow down before the King, the LORD of hosts , and to keep the feast of booths .

About this coordinate

Zechariah 14:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Zechariah 14:16, so the Hebrew word צְבָא֔וֹת (tsevaot) 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.14.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.16.W13.S1) and character.