Exodus 17:12:2Exod.17.12.W2TAB
מֹשֶׁה֙
moshe
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHE
- Extended
- moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /mo.ˈʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
vi-DE mo-SHE
- clause
vi-DE mo-SHE ke-ve-DEEM va-yik-khu-E-ven va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV va-ye-SHEV a-LE-ha
- 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 verse begins by fronting videi {וִידֵי | wî-ḏê} ‘hands-of’ in construct with Moshe {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh}, establishing the affected body part as the topic.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 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 17:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 17:12, so the Hebrew word מֹשֶׁה֙ (moshe) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.12.W2.S1) and character.