Exodus 14:3:2Exod.14.3.W2TAB
פַּרְעֹה֙
paro
“Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- par-O
- Extended
- par-OH
- IPA
- /par.ˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pharaoh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
par-O
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-MAR par-O
- clause
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets
- sentence
ve-a-MAR par-O liv-NEI yis-ra-EL ne-vu-KHIM HEM ba-A-rets sa-GAR ah-LEI-hem ham-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The proper noun Paroh {פַּרְעֹה֙ | par-ʿōh} functions as subject, followed by the indirect object li-vnei {לִבְנֵ֣י | li-vney} ‘to the sons of’, specifying Yisra'el {יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś-rā-ʼēl} as recipient.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh–ʿayin
“to divide, separate”
In context — Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say to the Israelites, “They are confused in the land, and the wilderness has shut them in.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 14:3, so the Hebrew word פַּרְעֹה֙ (paro) 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.14.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.3.W2.S1) and character.