Exodus 17:5:3Exod.17.5.W3TAB
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה
elmoshe
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-mo-SHE
- Extended
- ehl-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.moˈʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-mo-SHE
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE a-VOR lif-NEI ha-AM ve-KAKH it-TE-kha miz-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL u-mat-TE-kha a-SHER hi-KI-ta BO et-ha-ye-OR KAKH be-YAD-kha ve-ha-lakh-TA
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 17:5
The LORD said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand your staff —the one with which you struck the Nile—and go.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 17:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 17:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה (elmoshe) 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.17.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.5.W3.S1) and character.