Exodus 13:10:4Exod.13.10.W4TAB
לְמוֹעֲדָ֑הּ
lemoadah
“at its appointed time”
- Transliteration
- le-mo-a-DAH
- Extended
- leh-moh-ah-DAAH
- IPA
- /lə.moː.ʕă.ˈdaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- at its appointed time
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-mo-a-DAH
- clause
ve-sha-mar-TA et-ha-khu-KA ha-ZOT le-mo-a-DAH
- sentence
ve-sha-mar-TA et-ha-khu-KA ha-ZOT le-mo-a-DAH mi-yah-MIM ya-mi-MA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase `lemoadah {לְמוֹעֲדָהּ | lə-mō-ʿă-dāh} ‘at its appointed time’` situates the command within the cultic calendar.
Root and etymology
y-ʿ-dyod–ayin–dalet
“appointed time”
In context — Exodus 13:10
Therefore you shall keep this statute at its appointed time , year after year.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 13:10, so the Hebrew word לְמוֹעֲדָ֑הּ (lemoadah) 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 Exod.13.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.10.W4.S1) and character.