Exodus 14:7:2Exod.14.7.W2TAB
שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת
sheshmeot
“six hundred”
- Transliteration
- SHESH-me-OT
- Extended
- SHEHSH-meh-OHT
- IPA
- /ʃeːʃ.meˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- six hundred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHESH-me-OT
- phraseyour reading level
SHESH-me-OT RE-khev
- clause
va-yik-KAKH SHESH-me-OT RE-khev ba-KHUR ve-KHOL RE-khev mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH SHESH-me-OT RE-khev ba-KHUR ve-KHOL RE-khev mits-RA-yim ve-sha-li-SHIM al-KUL-lo
Exegesis
It governs two coordinated direct objects: the quantified noun phrase shesh-meʾot rechev bachur {שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת רֶ֙כֶב֙ בָּחוּר | šēš-mēʾōṯ re-ḵeḇ bāḥûr} “six hundred choice chariots,” where the participle bachur follows and qualifies rechev; and the expanded phrase vekol rechev mitsrayim {וְכֹ֖ל רֶ֣כֶב מִצְרָ֑יִם | wə-kōl re-ḵeḇ miṣrāyim} “and all the chariots of Egypt.”
In context — Exodus 14:7
And he took six hundred choice chariots and all the chariots of Egypt , with officers over all of them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 14:7, so the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת (sheshmeot) 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.14.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.7.W2.S1) and character.