Exodus 14:11:3Exod.14.11.W3TAB
הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י
hamibli
“is it because there are no”
- Transliteration
- ha-mib-LI
- Extended
- hah-mib-LEE
- IPA
- /ha.mibˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it because there are no
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mib-LI
- phraseyour reading level
ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM
- clause
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-yom-RU el-mo-SHE ha-mib-LI ein-ke-va-RIM be-mits-RA-yim le-kakh-TA-nu la-MUT ba-mid-BAR mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The interrogative particle hammibbli {הַמִבְּלִי | hammibbîlî} ‘is it because not’ combines ha-mi + the negative particle bal, and the negative existential verb en {אֵין | ʾên} ‘there is not’ with the noun kevarim {קְבָרִים | qəvārîm} ‘graves’ to pose a rhetorical question about the absence of burial sites.
In context — Exodus 14:11
And they said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ? What is this that you have done to us in bringing us out of Egypt ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 14:11, so the Hebrew word הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י (hamibli) 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.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.11.W3.S1) and character.