Deuteronomy 31:23:1Deut.31.23.W1PAT

וַיְצַ֞ו

vaytsav

ordered

Transliteration
vay-TSAV
Extended
vay-TSAHV
IPA
/vaj.ˈtsav/

Meaning by language

English
ordered
French
ordonna
Spanish
ordenó
Portuguese
ordenou
German
befahl
Russian
приказал
Arabic-Simplified
أمر
Hindi
आदेश दिया
Chinese-Simplified
命令了
Korean
명령했다
Indonesian
memerintahkan
Bengali
আদেশ দিলেন
Tagalog
nag-utos
Swahili
aliamuru
Amharic
አዘዘ
Yoruba
paṣẹ́
Igbo
nyere iwu
Twi
hyɛɛ
Ewe
dze

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וַ + יְצַ֞ו
vay + tsav
vaytsav

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    vay-TSAV

  2. clause

    vay-TSAV et-ye-ho-SHOO-ah bin-NOON vay-YO-MER kha-ZAK veh-eh-MATS KI a-TA ta-VEE et-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL el-ha-A-retz ah-SHER-nish-BAH-tee la-HEM

  3. sentence

    vay-TSAV et-ye-ho-SHOO-ah bin-NOON vay-YO-MER kha-ZAK veh-eh-MATS KI a-TA ta-VEE et-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL el-ha-A-retz ah-SHER-nish-BAH-tee la-HEM veh-a-NO-khee eh-HYEH im-MAKH

In contextDeuteronomy 31:23

ordered Joshua son of Nun said be strong be courageous for you will bring sons of Israel into the land that I swore to them I will be with you

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 31:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 31:23, so the Hebrew word וַיְצַ֞ו (vaytsav) 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 Deut.31.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.31.23.W1.S1) and character.