Exodus 13:22:6Exod.13.22.W6TAB
הָאֵ֖שׁ
haesh
“the fire”
- Transliteration
- ha-ESH
- Extended
- hah-EHSH
- IPA
- /ha.ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ESH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH
- clause
loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la
- sentence
loh-ya-MISH a-MOOD he-a-NAAN yo-MAM ve-a-MOOD ha-ESH LAI-la lif-NEI ha-AM
Exegesis
The construct phrase amud he-anan {עַמּוּד הֶעָנָן | ʿam-mûd he-ʾā-nān} ‘pillar of cloud’ and its parallel we-amud ha-esh {וְעַמּוּד הָאֵשׁ | wə-ʿam-mûd hā-ʾēš} ‘and pillar of fire’ form synonymous parallelism.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ
“fire, flame”
In context — Exodus 13:22
The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 13:22, so the Hebrew word הָאֵ֖שׁ (haesh) 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.13.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.22.W6.S1) and character.