Exodus 14:24:2Exod.14.24.W2TAB
בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת
beashmoret
“in the watch of”
- Transliteration
- be-ash-MO-ret
- Extended
- beh-ash-MOH-reht
- IPA
- /bə.ʔaʃˈmoː.rɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the watch of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ash-MO-ret
- phraseyour reading level
be-ash-MO-ret ha-BO-ker
- clause
va-ye-HI be-ash-MO-ret ha-BO-ker va-yash-KEF Ye-ho-VAH el-ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim be-am-MUD ESH ve-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-ash-MO-ret ha-BO-ker va-yash-KEF Ye-ho-VAH el-ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim be-am-MUD ESH ve-a-NAN va-ya-HAM ET ma-kha-NE mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The temporal clause b’ashmoret haboqer {בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַבֹּ֔קֶר | bĕ-ʾaš-mō-rĕṯ hā-bō-qēr} ‘during the morning watch’ situates the action within the ancient three-part division of the night.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Exodus 14:24
And it came to pass during the morning watch that the LORD looked down upon the camp of the Egyptians in the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw the camp of the Egyptians into confusion.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 14:24, so the Hebrew word בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת (beashmoret) 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.14.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.24.W2.S1) and character.