Exodus 15:1:2Exod.15.1.W2TAB
יָשִֽׁיר־מֹשֶׁה֩
yashirmosheh
“Moses sang”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHIR-MO-sheh
- Extended
- yah-SHEER-MOH-sheh
- IPA
- /jaːˈʃiːr.ˈmo.ʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moses sang
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-SHIR-MO-sheh
- phraseyour reading level
AZ ya-SHIR-MO-sheh u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL
- clause
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
- 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 imperfect yashir {יָשִֽׁיר | yāšîr} conveys an initiated action of singing.
The coordinated subject moshe and u-vnei yisrael {מֹשֶׁה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mōšeh ū-və-nê yiśrāʾēl} identifies the performers.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–yod–resh
“to sing”
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 15:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 15:1, so the Hebrew word יָשִֽׁיר־מֹשֶׁה֩ (yashirmosheh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.1.W2.S1) and character.