Exodus 15:27:2Exod.15.27.W2TAB
אֵילִ֔מָה
eylima
“to Elim”
- Transliteration
- ey-LI-ma
- Extended
- ee-LEE-mah
- IPA
- /ʔeːˈliː.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Elim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ey-LI-ma
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ey-LI-ma ve-SHAM she-TEIM es-RE ei-NOT MA-yim ve-shiv-EEM te-ma-REEM va-ya-kha-noo-SHAM al-ha-MA-yim
Exegesis
The place name elimah {אֵילִ֔מָה | ʾê-lî-māh} ‘to Elim’ includes the directional he marking movement toward the oasis, and vesham {וְשָׁ֗ם | wə-šām} ‘and there’ introduces the scene.
In context — Exodus 15:27
And they came to Elim, and there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees , and they camped there by the waters.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 15:27, so the Hebrew word אֵילִ֔מָה (eylima) 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.15.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.27.W2.S1) and character.