Exodus 15:10:5Exod.15.10.W5TAB
צָֽלֲלוּ֙
tsalalu
“they sank”
- Transliteration
- tsa-la-LU
- Extended
- tsah-lah-LOO
- IPA
- /tsaː.lă.ˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they sank
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
tsa-la-LU
- clause
tsa-la-LU ka-o-FE-ret be-MA-yim a-di-RIM
- sentence
na-SHAF-ta be-roo-kha-KHA ki-SA-mo YAM tsa-la-LU ka-o-FE-ret be-MA-yim a-di-RIM
Exegesis
Next, kissamo {כִּסָּמוֹ | kî-sā-mō} ‘it covered them’ uses a pronominal suffix to present the sea as agent, followed by the coordinated perfect tsallalu {צָֽלֲלוּ֙ | tsă-lă-lû} ‘they sank’ with the comparative kaoferet {כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת | ka-ʿô-phe-ret} ‘like lead’ intensifying the sudden descent.
In context — Exodus 15:10
You blew with your wind, and the sea covered them; they sank like lead in mighty waters .
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:10, so the Hebrew word צָֽלֲלוּ֙ (tsalalu) 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.15.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.10.W5.S1) and character.