Exodus 17:2:10Exod.17.2.W10TAB
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mosheh
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHEH
- Extended
- moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /moː.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-SHEH
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM mo-SHEH mah-te-ri-VOON im-ma-DEE mah-te-na-SOON et-yeh-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-REV ha-AM im-mo-SHEH va-yom-ROO teh-NOO-lah-NOO MA-yim ve-nish-TEH va-YO-mer la-HEM mo-SHEH mah-te-ri-VOON im-ma-DEE mah-te-na-SOON et-yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿim-mōšeh {עִם־מֹשֶׁ֔ה | ʿim-mō-šeh} ‘with Moses’ marks the object of contention.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 17:2
Then the people argued with Moses and said, “Give us water so that we may drink.” Moses said to them, “Why are you arguing with me? Why are you testing the LORD ?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 17:2, so the Hebrew word מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mosheh) 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.17.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.2.W10.S1) and character.