Exodus 13:14:6Exod.13.14.W6TAB
מַה־זֹּ֑את
mahzot
“what is this”
- Transliteration
- mah-ZOT
- Extended
- mah-ZOHT
- IPA
- /maˈzoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is this
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mah-ZOT
- phraseyour reading level
leh-MOR mah-ZOT
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-yish-al-KHA vin-KHA ma-KHAR leh-MOR mah-ZOT
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yish-al-KHA vin-KHA ma-KHAR leh-MOR mah-ZOT ve-a-mar-TA eh-LAV be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu ye-ho-VAH mim-mits-RA-yim mi-BEIT a-va-DIM
Exegesis
Machar {מָחָ֖ר | māḥār} ‘tomorrow’ situates the question in time, while le-emor {לֵאמֹ֣ר | lē-ʾmôr} ‘saying’ introduces the direct speech question mah-zot {מַה־זֹּ֑את | māh-zōṯ} ‘what is this’.
In context — Exodus 13:14
And it shall be, when your son asks you tomorrow, saying “What is this?”, that you shall say to him, “With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slaves.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 13:14, so the Hebrew word מַה־זֹּ֑את (mahzot) 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.13.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.14.W6.S1) and character.