Exodus 15:24:5Exod.15.24.W5TAB
מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃
mahnishteh
“what shall we drink?”
- Transliteration
- mah-nish-TEH
- Extended
- mah-nish-TEH
- IPA
- /mah.niʃ.ˈtɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what shall we drink?
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
mah-nish-TEH
- sentence
va-yil-LO-nu ha-AM al-mo-SHEH leh-MOR mah-nish-TEH
Exegesis
The infinitive le'emor {לֵאמֹר | lə-ʾē-môr} ‘to say’ functions as a clause connector introducing direct speech, which contains the interrogative mah nishteh {מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּה | māh niš-tēh} ‘what shall we drink.’ In English the VSO structure is rendered as SVO to align with English norms, thereby foregrounding the suffering speakers and clarifying the emergent question.
Root and etymology
ש־ת־ה
“to drink”
In context — Exodus 15:24
And the people grumbled against Moses , saying, “What are we to drink?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:24, so the Hebrew word מַה־נִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (mahnishteh) 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.15.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.24.W5.S1) and character.