Exodus 17:4:8Exod.17.4.W8TAB
הַזֶּ֑ה
hazeh
“this”
- Transliteration
- ha-ZEH
- Extended
- hah-ZEH
- IPA
- /haz.ˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ZEH
- phraseyour reading level
la-AM ha-ZEH
- clause
va-yits-AK mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH leh-eh-MOR MA e-eh-SEH la-AM ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-yits-AK mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH leh-eh-MOR MA e-eh-SEH la-AM ha-ZEH OD me-AT u-se-ka-lu-NI
Exegesis
The phrase laam hazzeh {לָעָם הַזֶּה | lā-ʿām hazzeh} ‘for this people’ marks Moses’ concern, while the adverbial sequence ’od meʿat {עוֹד מְעַט | ’ôd meʿaṭ} ‘a little while longer’ signals imminent danger, leading to the coordinated imperfect usqaluni {וּסְקָלֻנִי | ūsqālûnî} ‘and they will stone me’. In English, Hebrew vav-prefixed verbs become standard tense verbs, and clauses are reordered to preserve clarity and urgency.
In context — Exodus 17:4
Moses cried out to the LORD , “What should I do for this people? They are nearly ready to stone me.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 17:4, so the Hebrew word הַזֶּ֑ה (hazeh) 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.17.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.4.W8.S1) and character.