Exodus 15:1:10Exod.15.1.W10TAB
אָשִׁ֤ירָה
ashira
“I will sing”
- Transliteration
- a-shi-RA
- Extended
- aa-shee-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ʃiˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will sing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-shi-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-shi-RA la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
a-shi-RA la-ye-ho-VAH ki-ga-OH ga-AA SOOS ve-ROKH-vo ra-MA ba-YAM
- sentence
AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL et-ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT la-ye-ho-VAH va-yom-ROO leh-MOR a-shi-RA la-ye-ho-VAH ki-ga-OH ga-AA SOOS ve-ROKH-vo ra-MA ba-YAM
Exegesis
The cohortative ashirah {אָשִׁירָה | ʾāšîrāh} expresses personal determination.
In context — Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD , saying, “I will sing to the LORD, because He has risen in victory; He has flung the horse and its rider into the sea.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 15:1, so the Hebrew word אָשִׁ֤ירָה (ashira) 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.15.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.1.W10.S1) and character.