Exodus 16:20:8Exod.16.20.W8TAB
תּוֹלָעִ֖ים
tolaeem
“worms”
- Transliteration
- to-la-EEM
- Extended
- toh-lah-EEM
- IPA
- /toː.la.ˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- worms
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
to-la-EEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM
- clause
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH
- sentence
ve-lo-sham-OO el-mo-SHE va-yo-TI-ru a-na-SHIM mi-ME-nu ad-BO-ker va-ya-RUM to-la-EEM va-yiv-ASH va-yik-TSOF a-LE-hem mo-SHE
Exegesis
A rapid chain of wayyiqtol sequences follows: vayyārum {וַיָּ֥רֻם | way-yā-rum} ‘it bred’, yielding tola'im {תוֹלָעִים | tô-lā-ʿîm} ‘maggots’, then vayyib'aš {וַיִּבְאַשׁ | way-yib-ʾaš} ‘it became foul’, culminating in vayyikṣof {וַיִּקְצֹף | way-yiq-ṣōp} ‘he became angry’.
Root and etymology
“worm”
In context — Exodus 16:20
But they did not heed Moses , and some of the people reserved a portion until dawn; it then swarmed with maggots and turned putrid, so Moses was angry with them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:20, so the Hebrew word תּוֹלָעִ֖ים (tolaeem) 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.16.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.20.W8.S1) and character.