Exodus 16:33:8Exod.16.33.W8TAB
מְלֹֽא־הָעֹ֖מֶר
mehlohaomer
“an omer of”
- Transliteration
- meh-lo-ha-O-mer
- Extended
- meh-loh-hah-OH-mehr
- IPA
- /məloː.haˈʕo.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- an omer of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
meh-lo-ha-O-mer
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ten-SHAM-ma meh-lo-ha-O-mer
- clause
va-yo-MER mo-SHE el-a-ha-RON KAKH tsin-TSE-net a-KHAT ve-ten-SHAM-ma meh-lo-ha-O-mer MAN
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHE el-a-ha-RON KAKH tsin-TSE-net a-KHAT ve-ten-SHAM-ma meh-lo-ha-O-mer MAN ve-ha-NAKH o-TO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-MEH-ret le-do-ro-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The construct chain melo {מְלֹא | mə-lōʾ} ‘full measure’ + haomer {הָעֹמֶר | hā-ʿō-mer} ‘the omer’ + man {מָן | mān} ‘manna’ conveys a precise quantity.
Root and etymology
Rootayin mem resh
“sheaf, measured quantity”
In context — Exodus 16:33
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, put in it a full omer of manna, and set it before the LORD for safekeeping for your generations.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:33, so the Hebrew word מְלֹֽא־הָעֹ֖מֶר (mehlohaomer) 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.16.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.33.W8.S1) and character.