Exodus 14:27:11Exod.14.27.W11TAB
נָסִ֣ים
naseem
“fleeing”
- Transliteration
- na-SEEM
- Extended
- nah-SEEM
- IPA
- /naˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- fleeing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-SEEM
- phraseyour reading level
na-SEEM lik-RA-to
- clause
va-YET mo-SHE et-ya-DO al-ha-YAM va-ya-SHAV ha-YAM lif-NOT BO-ker le-EI-ta-NO oo-mits-RA-yim na-SEEM lik-RA-to
- sentence
va-YET mo-SHE et-ya-DO al-ha-YAM va-ya-SHAV ha-YAM lif-NOT BO-ker le-EI-ta-NO oo-mits-RA-yim na-SEEM lik-RA-to va-ye-na-ER Ye-ho-VAH et-mits-RA-yim be-TOKH ha-YAM
Exegesis
The participle nasim {נָסִים | nā-sîm} ‘fleeing’ introduces the Egyptians’ frantic motion, intensified by likrato {לִקְרָאת֑וֹ | li-qə-rāṯ-ô} ‘toward it’.
Root and etymology
n-s-mnun–samekh–mem
“flee, escape”
In context — Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at the turning of the morning to its full strength ; and the Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 14:27, so the Hebrew word נָסִ֣ים (naseem) 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.14.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.27.W11.S1) and character.