Exodus 15:12:3Exod.15.12.W3TAB
תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ
tivlaemo
“swallowed them”
- Transliteration
- tiv-la-E-mo
- Extended
- tihv-lah-EH-moh
- IPA
- /tiv.la.ˈʕeː.moː/
Meaning by language
- English
- swallowed them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
tiv-la-E-mo
- sentence
na-ti-TA ye-MEEN-kha tiv-la-E-mo A-rets
Exegesis
The second clause’s verb tivlaʿēmō {תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ | ṭiblaʿēmō} ‘it swallowed them’ appears without a conjunction, creating an abrupt sequence that accentuates the earth’s unexpected agency, while arets {אָרֶץ | ʾāreṣ} ‘earth’ as subject intensifies the triumphal tone.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–lamed–ayin
“to swallow, engulf”
In context — Exodus 15:12
You stretched out Your right hand , and the earth opened and swallowed them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 15:12, so the Hebrew word תִּבְלָעֵ֖מוֹ (tivlaemo) 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.15.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.12.W3.S1) and character.