Exodus 17:1:5Exod.17.1.W5TAB
לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם
lemaseihem
“by their stages”
- Transliteration
- le-mas-EI-hem
- Extended
- leh-mas-EE-hem
- IPA
- /lə.mas.ˈʕeː.hɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their stages
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mas-EI-hem
- clause
va-yis-U kol-a-DAT be-nei-yis-ra-EL mi-mid-bar-SIN le-mas-EI-hem al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yis-U kol-a-DAT be-nei-yis-ra-EL mi-mid-bar-SIN le-mas-EI-hem al-PI Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-kha-NU bir-fi-DIM ve-EIN MA-yim lish-TOT ha-AM
Exegesis
The prepositional expression mim-mid-bar-sîn {מִמִּדְבַּר־סִ֛ן | mim-mid-bar-sîn} ‘from the wilderness of Sin’ expresses origin, while lə-mas-ʿê-hem {לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם | lə-mas-ʿê-hem} ‘to their journeys’ conveys the staged nature of travel.
Root and etymology
nun-samekh-ayinnun-samekh-ayin
“journey”
In context — Exodus 17:1
So the full assembly of Israel’s offspring moved out from the Wilderness of Sin in segments under the LORD’s instruction; they encamped at Rephidim, yet water was lacking for the people to drink.
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 17:1, so the Hebrew word לְמַסְעֵיהֶ֖ם (lemaseihem) 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.17.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.1.W5.S1) and character.