Exodus 15:1:5Exod.15.1.W5TAB
אֶת־הַשִּׁירָ֤ה
ethashira
“song”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-shi-RA
- Extended
- eht-hah-shee-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haʃ.ʃiˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- song
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
et-ha-shi-RA
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-shi-RA ha-ZOT
- 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 direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces ha-shirah ha-zot {הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת | ha-šîrāh ha-zōṯ} ‘this song,’ specifying the hymn.
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 15:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:1, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַשִּׁירָ֤ה (ethashira) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.1.W5.S1) and character.