Exodus 14:27:4Exod.14.27.W4TAB
עַל־הַיָּ֗ם
alhayam
“over the sea”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-YAM
- Extended
- ahl-hah-YAAM
- IPA
- /ʕal.haj.ˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the sea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-ha-YAM
- 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 prepositional phrase al hayam {עַל־הַיָּ֗ם | ʿal ha-yām} ‘over the sea’ establishes the spatial focus.
Root and etymology
y-m-myod–mem–mem
“sea, large waters”
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 14:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:27, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַיָּ֗ם (alhayam) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.27.W4.S1) and character.