Exodus 18:13:9Exod.18.13.W9TAB
עַל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה
almosheh
“around Moses”
- Transliteration
- al-mo-SHEH
- Extended
- ahl-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.moˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- around Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
al-mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM al-mo-SHEH min-ha-BO-ker ad-ha-a-REV
- sentence
va-ye-HI mih-MA-khoh-RAT va-YEH-shev mo-SHEH lish-POT ET-ha-AM va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM al-mo-SHEH min-ha-BO-ker ad-ha-a-REV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al Mosheh {עַל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה | ʿal mō-šeh} indicates orientation toward Moses, while the paired prepositions min {מִן־ | min} and ad {עַד־ | ʿaḏ} with haboker {הַבֹּ֖קֶר | hab-bō-qer} and haarev {הָעָֽרֶב | hā-ʿā-reḇ} bracket the timeframe, underscoring Moses’s intensive workload and the people’s enduring presence throughout the day.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 18:13
And on the following day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and the people remained standing before Moses from morning until the evening .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 18:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה (almosheh) 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.18.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.13.W9.S1) and character.