Exodus 18:15:2Exod.18.15.W2TAB
מֹשֶׁ֖ה
mosheh
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHEH
- Extended
- moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /moˈʃɛ/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH
- clause
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH le-khot-NO
- sentence
va-YO-mer mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ki-ya-VO e-LAI ha-AM lid-ROSH e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verb–subject order (vayomer Mosheh {מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mō-šeh}) foregrounds Moses’ declaration, while the indirect object lechotno {לְחֹתְנ֑וֹ | lə-ḥoṯ-nō} specifies the addressee.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 18:15
And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to seek God .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:15, so the Hebrew word מֹשֶׁ֖ה (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.18.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.15.W2.S1) and character.