Exodus 17:12:6Exod.17.12.W6TAB

תַחְתָּ֖יו

takhtav

under him

Transliteration
takh-TAV
Extended
tahkh-TAAV
IPA
/taħ.ˈtaːw/

Meaning by language

English
under him

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Result
תַחְ + תָּ֖יו
takh + tav
takhtav

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    takh-TAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-SI-moo takh-TAV

  3. 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

  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

Spatial markers takhtav {תַחְתָּיו | taḥ-tāw} ‘under him’ and aleha {עָלֶיהָ | ʿā-lê-hā} ‘on it’ locate Moses on the stone.

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 17:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 17:12, so the Hebrew word תַחְתָּ֖יו (takhtav) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.12.W6.S1) and character.