Exodus 14:5:13Exod.14.5.W13TAB
מַה־זֹּ֣את
mahzot
“what is this”
- Transliteration
- mah-ZOT
- Extended
- mah-ZOHT
- IPA
- /mah.ˈzoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is this
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mah-ZOT
- phraseyour reading level
mah-ZOT a-SI-nu
- clause
va-ye-ha-FEKH le-VAV par-OH va-a-va-DAV el-ha-AM va-yom-RU mah-ZOT a-SI-nu ki-shil-LAKH-noo et-yis-ra-EL me-ov-DE-nu
- sentence
va-yu-GAD le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim KI va-RAKH ha-AM va-ye-ha-FEKH le-VAV par-OH va-a-va-DAV el-ha-AM va-yom-RU mah-ZOT a-SI-nu ki-shil-LAKH-noo et-yis-ra-EL me-ov-DE-nu
Exegesis
Direct speech begins with vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | va-yō-mer-û} ‘and they said’, followed by mahzot {מַה־זֹּאת | māh-zôt} ‘what is this’ and asinu {עָשִׂינוּ | ʿā-sî-nû} ‘we have done’.
In context — Exodus 14:5
And it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have sent Israel away from serving us?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 14:5, so the Hebrew word מַה־זֹּ֣את (mahzot) 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.14.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.5.W13.S1) and character.