Exodus 16:25:10Exod.16.25.W10TAB
תִמְצָאֻ֖הוּ
timtsauhu
“you will find it”
- Transliteration
- tim-tsa-U-hu
- Extended
- tihm-tsa-OO-hoo
- IPA
- /θim.tsaˈʔu.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will find it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tim-tsa-U-hu
- phraseyour reading level
LO tim-tsa-U-hu
- clause
ha-YOM LO tim-tsa-U-hu ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHE ikh-LU-hu ha-YOM ki-sha-BAT ha-YOM la-yeh-ho-VAH ha-YOM LO tim-tsa-U-hu ba-sa-DE
Exegesis
The prohibition uses the negative particle lōʾ {לֹ֥א | lōʾ} plus the imperfect timṣāʾūhu {תִמְצָאֻ֖הוּ | tim-ṣā-ʾu-hû} ‘you will find it’, expressing future negation.
Root and etymology
מ־צ־א
“to find, discover”
In context — Exodus 16:25
Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is the Sabbath to the LORD ; you will not find it in the field.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 16:25, so the Hebrew word תִמְצָאֻ֖הוּ (timtsauhu) 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.16.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.25.W10.S1) and character.