Exodus 14:29:11Exod.14.29.W11TAB
וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם
oomissemolam
“and from their left”
- Transliteration
- oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
- Extended
- oo-mihs-seh-moh-LAAM
- IPA
- /uː.mis.sə.moˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from their left
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
- clause
ve-ham-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
- sentence
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM ve-ham-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
Exegesis
Finally, the dual expressions miyminam {מִֽימִינָ֖ם | mî-yim-min-nām} “from their right” and u-mismolam {וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם | u-miś-mō-ʾā-lām} “and from their left” frame the event spatially, conveying total enclosure by the divided sea.
In context — Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were for them a wall from their right side and from their left.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 14:29, so the Hebrew word וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם (oomissemolam) 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.14.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.29.W11.S1) and character.