Exodus 15:20:12Exod.15.20.W12TAB
וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃
uvimekholot
“and with dances”
- Transliteration
- u-vi-me-kho-LOT
- Extended
- oo-vee-meh-khoh-LOHT
- IPA
- /uː.vi.mə.ħoˈloːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with dances
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-vi-me-kho-LOT
- clause
va-te-TSE-na khal-ha-na-SHIM a-kha-RE-ha be-tu-PIM u-vi-me-kho-LOT
- sentence
va-ti-KAKH mir-YAM ha-ne-vi-AH a-KHOT a-ha-RON et-ha-TOF be-ya-DAH va-te-TSE-na khal-ha-na-SHIM a-kha-RE-ha be-tu-PIM u-vi-me-kho-LOT
Exegesis
The coordinated clause vat-tetseʾnā kol-han-nashim achareha {וַתֵּצֶ֤אנָ כָֽל־הַנָּשִׁים֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יהָ | vat-tetseʾnā kol-han-nāšîm ʾaḥarehā} portrays collective movement following her lead, reinforced by the parallel instrumental phrase be-tuppim u-vimcholot {בְּתֻפִּים וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת | bə-tuppîm u-bim-ḥôlôt}, which underscores the celebratory worship through music and dance.
Root and etymology
m-ch-lmem–ḥet–lamed
“dance”
In context — Exodus 15:20
Miriam the prophetess , the sister of Aaron, seized the timbrel in her hand; then all the women went out after her with timbrels and dances.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 15:20, so the Hebrew word וּבִמְחֹלֹֽת׃ (uvimekholot) 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.15.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.20.W12.S1) and character.