Exodus 14:24:9Exod.14.24.W9TAB
אֵ֖שׁ
esh
“fire”
- Transliteration
- ESH
- Extended
- EHSH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- fire
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ESH
- phraseyour reading level
be-am-MUD ESH
- 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 compound locative be-amud esh ve-anan {בְּעַמּ֥וּד אֵשׁ וְעָנָ֑ן | bĕ-ʿam-mûḏ ʾēš wə-ʿānān} ‘in a pillar of fire and cloud’ uses asyndeton to present the two concurrent expressions of divine presence.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-shin
“fire, burning”
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 14:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 14:24, so the Hebrew word אֵ֖שׁ (esh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.24.W9.S1) and character.