Exodus 16:3:6Exod.16.3.W6TAB
מוּתֵ֤נוּ
mootenoo
“we had died”
- Transliteration
- moo-TE-noo
- Extended
- moo-TEH-noo
- IPA
- /muːˈteː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- we had died
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
moo-TE-noo
- phraseyour reading level
mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va
- sentence
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM be-NEI yis-ra-EL mi-yit-TEN moo-TE-noo ve-yad-ye-ho-VAH be-E-rets mits-RA-yim be-shiv-TE-noo al-SIR ha-ba-SAR be-okh-LE-noo LE-khem la-SO-va ki-ho-tse-TEM o-TA-noo el-ham-mid-BAR ha-ZE le-ha-MIT et-kol-hak-ka-HAL ha-ZE ba-ra-AV
Exegesis
The optative mi-yitten moteinu {מִֽי־יִתֵּן מוּתֵנוּ | mî-yit-tēn mû-tê-nû} expresses a wish ‘if only we might die’.
In context — Exodus 16:3
And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pot of meat and ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us out into this wilderness to make this entire assembly die in famine.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 16:3, so the Hebrew word מוּתֵ֤נוּ (mootenoo) 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.16.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.3.W6.S1) and character.