Exodus 16:32:8Exod.16.32.W8TAB
מְלֹ֤א
melo
“full”
- Transliteration
- me-LO
- Extended
- meh-LOH
- IPA
- /məˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- full
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-LO
- phraseyour reading level
me-LO ha-O-mer
- clause
va-YO-mer MO-sheh ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH me-LO ha-O-mer mim-ME-noo leh-mish-ME-ret leh-doh-ro-TE-khem
- sentence
va-YO-mer MO-sheh ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH me-LO ha-O-mer mim-ME-noo leh-mish-ME-ret leh-doh-ro-TE-khem leh-MA-an yir-U et-ha-LE-khem a-SHER he-e-KHAL-ti et-KHEM ba-mid-BAR be-ho-tsi-EE et-KHEM meh-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The construct chain melo haomer mimennu {מְלֹא הָעֹמֶר מִמֶּנּוּ | mə-lōʾ hā-ʿō-mer mim-men-nū} ‘fullness of the omer from it’ specifies the quantity, followed by lemishmeret {לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת | lə-miš-me-ret} ‘for preservation’ and ledoroteikhem {לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | lə-ḏō-rō-tê-kem} ‘for your generations’ indicating purpose and beneficiary.
In context — Exodus 16:32
And Moses said, “Here is the instruction that the LORD has given: A full omer of it must be preserved for your generations , so that they may see the bread which I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:32, so the Hebrew word מְלֹ֤א (melo) 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.16.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.32.W8.S1) and character.