Exodus 16:21:9Exod.16.21.W9TAB
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ
hashemesh
“the sun”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHE-mesh
- Extended
- hah-SHEH-mesh
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃɛ.mɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sun
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHE-mesh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHAM ha-SHE-mesh
- clause
ve-KHAM ha-SHE-mesh ve-na-MAS
- sentence
va-yil-ke-TU o-TO ba-BO-ker ba-BO-ker EESH ke-FI okh-LO ve-KHAM ha-SHE-mesh ve-na-MAS
Exegesis
The circumstantial clause vekham hashemesh {וְחַם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | wə-ḥam haš-še-meš} sets the environmental condition, and venamas {וְנָמָס | wə-nā-mās} describes the manna’s natural dissolution under heat, maintaining temporal flow and cause-and-effect.
Root and etymology
š-m-šshin–mem–shin
“sun, heat”
In context — Exodus 16:21
They gathered it every morning, dawn after dawn, each man according to his eating ; when the heat of the sun rose, it melted.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 16:21, so the Hebrew word הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ (hashemesh) 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.16.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.21.W9.S1) and character.