Exodus 16:28:3Exod.16.28.W3TAB
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה
elmoshe
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-mo-SHE
- Extended
- ehl-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.moˈʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-mo-SHE
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ad-A-na me-an-TEM lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI ve-to-ro-TAI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-mosheh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel-mō-šeh} marks Moses as the addressee.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 16:28
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you persist in refusing to uphold My commandments and My instructions?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 16:28, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה (elmoshe) 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.16.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.28.W3.S1) and character.