Exodus 15:4:6Exod.15.4.W6TAB
וּמִבְחַ֥ר
oomivkhar
“and the choicest among”
- Transliteration
- oo-miv-KHAR
- Extended
- oo-miv-KHAHR
- IPA
- /u.miv.ˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the choicest among
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-miv-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
oo-miv-KHAR sha-li-SHAV
- clause
oo-miv-KHAR sha-li-SHAV tub-be-OO ve-yam-SOOF
- sentence
mar-ke-VOT par-O ve-khei-LO ya-RA va-YAM oo-miv-KHAR sha-li-SHAV tub-be-OO ve-yam-SOOF
Exegesis
A paratactic link introduces umivchar shalishav {וּמִבְחַ֥ר שָֽׁלִשָׁ֖יו | ū-miv-ḥār šā-li-šāw} ‘the choice of his officers,’ which is then followed by the Pual perfect tubu {טֻבְּע֥וּ | ṭub-bə-ʿū} ‘they were sunk.’
In context — Exodus 15:4
The chariots of Pharaoh and his army were cast into the sea, and the chosen officers were drowned in the Sea of Reeds.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 15:4, so the Hebrew word וּמִבְחַ֥ר (oomivkhar) 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.15.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.4.W6.S1) and character.