2 Kings 17:28:102 Kgs.17.28.W10TAB
מוֹרֶ֣ה
more
“teaching or instructor”
- Transliteration
- mo-RE
- Extended
- moh-REE
- IPA
- /moːˈrɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- teaching or instructor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
mo-RE
- phraseyour reading level
mo-RE o-TAM
- clause
va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
In the predicate vayehi moreh otam {וַיְהִי מוֹרֶה אֹתָם | vá-ye-hî mô-reh ô-tam}, the infinitive moreh functions as a nominal complement, “became their teacher.”
Root and etymology
y-r-hyod–resh–heh
“to teach, instruct”
In context — 2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel, and he became their teacher, instructing them how they should fear the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:28:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 17:28, so the Hebrew word מוֹרֶ֣ה (more) 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 2 Kgs.17.28.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.28.W10.S1) and character.