Exodus 17:12:21Exod.17.12.W21TAB

הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

hashamesh

the sun

Transliteration
ha-SHA-mesh
Extended
hah-SHAA-mehsh
IPA
/haʃ.ˈʃaː.mɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
the sun

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Result
הַ + שָּֽׁ + מֶשׁ׃
ha + sha + mesh
hashamesh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-SHA-mesh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ad-BO ha-SHA-mesh

  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 clause vayehi yadav emunah {וַיְהִי יָדָיו אֱמוּנָה | way-ə-hî yā-ḏāw ʾe-mû-nāh} employs a nominal predicate ‘his hands were firmness,’ and adbo hashemesh {עַד־בֹּא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ | ʿaḏ-bōʾ haš-šā-meš} ‘until the sun came’ extends the action to sunset.

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 17:12:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Exodus 17:12, so the Hebrew word הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (hashamesh) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.12.W21.S1) and character.