Exodus 14:11:9Exod.14.11.W9TAB
מַה־זֹּאת֙
mahzot
“what is this”
- Transliteration
- mah-ZOT
- Extended
- mah-ZOHT
- IPA
- /ma.ˈzːoːt/
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
- clause
mah-ZOT a-si-TA la-NU le-ho-tsi-A-nu mi-mits-RA-yim
- 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 second interrogative mah-zot {מַה־זֹּאת | mah-zôṯ} ‘what is this’ intensifies the complaint, followed by asita {עָשִׂיתָ | ʿăśītā} ‘you have done’ and la-nu {לָּנוּ | lā-nû} ‘to us’.
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 14:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 14:11, so the Hebrew word מַה־זֹּאת֙ (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.14.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.11.W9.S1) and character.