Genesis 27:8:7Gen.27.8.W7PAT

מְצַוָּ֥ה

metsava

am commanding

Transliteration
me-tsa-VA
Extended
meh-tsah-VAA
IPA
/mə.tsa.ˈwaː/

Meaning by language

English
am commanding
French
commande
Spanish
ordeno
Portuguese
ordeno
German
gebiete
Russian
приказываю
Arabic-Simplified
آمُرُ
Hindi
आज्ञा देती हूँ
Chinese-Simplified
吩咐
Korean
명하는
Indonesian
memerintahkan
Bengali
আদেশ দিচ্ছি
Tagalog
iniuutos
Swahili
ninaagiza
Amharic
አዛለሁ
Yoruba
ń pàṣẹ
Igbo
na-enye iwu
Twi
rehyɛ
Ewe
le se

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + צַ + וָּ֥ה
me + tsa + va
metsava

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-tsa-VA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-tsa-VA o-TAKH

  3. clause

    la-a-SHER a-NI me-tsa-VA o-TAKH

  4. sentence

    ve-at-TA ve-NI she-MA be-ko-LI la-a-SHER a-NI me-tsa-VA o-TAKH

In contextGenesis 27:8

and now my son listen to my voice as I am commanding you

About this coordinate

Genesis 27:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 27:8, so the Hebrew word מְצַוָּ֥ה (metsava) 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 Gen.27.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.8.W7.S1) and character.