Exodus 16:13:4Exod.16.13.W4TAB
הַשְּׂלָ֔ו
haselav
“the quail”
- Transliteration
- ha-se-LAV
- Extended
- hah-seh-LAAV
- IPA
- /has.səˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- the quail
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ha-se-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV
- clause
va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV va-te-KHAS et-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-E-rev va-ta-AL ha-se-LAV va-te-KHAS et-ha-ma-kha-NEH u-va-BO-ker ha-ye-TAH shikh-VAT ha-TAL sa-VIV la-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The temporal phrase baerev {בָעֶרֶב | bā-ʿe-rev} ‘in the evening’ precedes the successive wayyiqtol verb vataal {וַתַּעַל | wat-taʿal} ‘and went up’, where hashlav {הַשְּׂלָו | haš-šə-lāw} ‘the quail’ serves as the feminine singular subject.
Root and etymology
sh-l-vshin-lamed-vav
“to be at ease; quail as available game”
In context — Exodus 16:13
And it happened in the evening that the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew lay around the camp.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:13, so the Hebrew word הַשְּׂלָ֔ו (haselav) 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.16.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.13.W4.S1) and character.