Exodus 14:9:10Exod.14.9.W10TAB
פַּרְעֹ֔ה
paroh
“Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- par-OH
- Extended
- pahr-OH
- IPA
- /parˈʕoː/
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-OH
- phraseyour reading level
RE-khev par-OH
- clause
va-yir-deh-FU mits-RA-yim a-kha-RE-hem va-ya-SI-gu o-TAM kho-NIM al-ha-YAM kol-SUS RE-khev par-OH oo-fa-ra-SHAV ve-khei-LO
- sentence
va-yir-deh-FU mits-RA-yim a-kha-RE-hem va-ya-SI-gu o-TAM kho-NIM al-ha-YAM kol-SUS RE-khev par-OH oo-fa-ra-SHAV ve-khei-LO al-PI ha-khi-ROT lif-NEI BA-al tse-FON
Exegesis
The enumerative chain kol-sus rechev paro u-parashav ve-cheylo {כָּל־סוּס רֶכֶב פַּרְעֹה וּפָרָשָׁיו וְחֵילוֹ | kol-sūs re-ḵeb parʿō ū-perāšāyw wə-ḥêlô} itemizes Pharaoh’s military assets.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh–ʿayin
“to divide, separate”
In context — Exodus 14:9
The Egyptians pursued them and overtook them as they were camped by the sea, with all of Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen and his army, by Pi Hahiroth , before Baal Zephon .
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 14:9, so the Hebrew word פַּרְעֹ֔ה (paroh) 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.14.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.9.W10.S1) and character.