Exodus 15:8:7Exod.15.8.W7TAB
נֹזְלִ֑ים
nozlim
“floods”
- Transliteration
- noz-LIM
- Extended
- nohz-LEEM
- IPA
- /noːzˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- floods
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
noz-LIM
- clause
u-ve-RU-akh ap-PE-kha ne-er-MU MA-yim nits-tse-VU khe-mo-NED noz-LIM
- sentence
u-ve-RU-akh ap-PE-kha ne-er-MU MA-yim nits-tse-VU khe-mo-NED noz-LIM kaf-U te-ho-MOT be-lev-YAM
Exegesis
The simile kemo-ned {כְמוֹ־נֵ֖ד | kə-mō-nēd} “like-a-mound” contrasts with the participle nozlim {נֹזְלִ֑ים | nō-z̆līm} “streaming,” blending solidity and motion.
Root and etymology
י־ם
“sea”
In context — Exodus 15:8
And by the breath of Your nostrils, the waters were heaped up; the flowing currents stood like a mound ; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 15:8, so the Hebrew word נֹזְלִ֑ים (nozlim) 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.15.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.8.W7.S1) and character.