Exodus 17:12:15Exod.17.12.W15TAB

וּמִזֶּ֣ה

oomizeh

and on the other side

Transliteration
oo-mi-ZEH
Extended
oo-mih-ZEH
IPA
/u.miz.ˈzɛ/

Meaning by language

English
and on the other side

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Result
וּ + מִ + זֶּ֣ה
oo + mi + zeh
oomizeh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    oo-mi-ZEH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD

  3. clause

    ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh

  4. sentence

    vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha ve-a-ha-RON ve-KHUR ta-me-KHOO ve-ya-DAV mi-ZEH e-KHAD oo-mi-ZEH e-KHAD va-ye-HI ya-DAV e-moo-NA ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh

Exegesis

The coordinated subjects veAharon {וְאַהֲרֹן | wə-ʾa-hă-rōn} and veChur {וְח֜וּר | wə-ḥûr} introduce Aaron and Hur, and tamchu {תָּמְכוּ | tām-khû} ‘supported’ with beyadav {בְיָדָיו | bə-yā-ḏāw} ‘in his hands’ describes their aid in a distributive pattern marked by mizzeh echad {מִזֶּה אֶחָד | miz-zeh ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘one on this side’ and umizzeh echad {וּמִזֶּה אֶחָד | ū-miz-zeh ʾe-ḥāḏ} ‘one on that side.’

In contextExodus 17:12

When the hands of Moses became heavy, they brought a stone and set it beneath him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on each side, so that his hands stayed steady until the sun went down.

About this coordinate

Exodus 17:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 17:12, so the Hebrew word וּמִזֶּ֣ה (oomizeh) 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.17.12.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.12.W15.S1) and character.