Exodus 16:2:4Exod.16.2.W4TAB
עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה
almosheh
“against Moses”
- Transliteration
- al-mo-SHEH
- Extended
- ahl-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.mo.ˈʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-mo-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON
- sentence
va-yil-LO-nu kol-a-DAT be-ne-yis-ra-EL al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON bam-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases al-moshe ve-al-aharon {עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן | ʿal mō-šeh wə-ʿal ʾa-ha-rōn} mark distinct opposition toward each leader.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 16:2
In the wilderness, the entire assembly of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה (almosheh) 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.16.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.2.W4.S1) and character.