Exodus 15:3:5Exod.15.3.W5TAB
שְׁמֽוֹ׃
shemo
“his name”
- Transliteration
- she-MO
- Extended
- sheh-MOH
- IPA
- /ʃə.ˈmoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MO
- clause
Ye-ho-VAH she-MO
- sentence
Ye-ho-VAH EESH mil-kha-MA Ye-ho-VAH she-MO
Exegesis
The repetition of YHWH {יְהוָה | Yə-hō-wāh} followed by the pronominal suffix in shemo {שְׁמֽוֹ | še-mō} ‘his name’ reinforces divine identity through parallelism. Hebrew asyndeton omits the definite article to heighten poetic force. The formal translation preserves the genitive nuance of the compound, while the dynamic rendering uses idiomatic phrasing to convey vivid battle imagery.
Root and etymology
Rootyod-resh-shin
“to dispossess”
In context — Exodus 15:3
The LORD is a man-of-war ; the LORD is His name.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 15:3, so the Hebrew word שְׁמֽוֹ׃ (shemo) 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.15.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.3.W5.S1) and character.