Deuteronomy 4:2:17Deut.4.2.W17PAT
מְצַוֶּ֥ה
metsaveh
“command”
- Transliteration
- me-tsa-VEH
- Extended
- meh-tsah-VEH
- IPA
- /mətsaˈve/
Meaning by language
- English
- command
- French
- commander
- Spanish
- mandar
- Portuguese
- ordenar
- German
- befehlen
- Russian
- повелевать
- Arabic-Simplified
- يأمر
- Hindi
- आदेश देना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 吩咐
- Korean
- 명령하다
- Indonesian
- memerintah
- Bengali
- আদেশ করা
- Tagalog
- mag-utos
- Swahili
- amuru
- Amharic
- አዝዝ
- Yoruba
- paṣẹ
- Igbo
- nye iwu
- Twi
- hyɛ
- Ewe
- ɖe se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-tsa-VEH
- phraseyour reading level
me-tsa-VEH et-KHEM
- clause
lish-MOR et-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VEH et-KHEM
- sentence
LO to-SI-fu al-ha-da-VAR a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VEH et-KHEM ve-LO tig-re-U mi-me-NU lish-MOR et-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VEH et-KHEM
In context — Deuteronomy 4:2
not add to the word that I command you and not take away from it to keep the commandments of LORD your God that I command you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 4:2, so the Hebrew word מְצַוֶּ֥ה (metsaveh) 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.4.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.2.W17.S1) and character.