Exodus 18:23:8Exod.18.23.W8TAB
עֲמֹ֑ד
amod
“to stand”
- Transliteration
- a-MOD
- Extended
- ah-MOHD
- IPA
- /ʕaˈmoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- to stand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
a-MOD
- clause
IM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH ta-a-SEH veh-tsiv-KHA e-lo-HIM veh-yah-khal-TA a-MOD
- sentence
IM et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH ta-a-SEH veh-tsiv-KHA e-lo-HIM veh-yah-khal-TA a-MOD veh-GAM kol-ha-AM ha-ZEH al-me-ko-MO yah-VO be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
In the result clause ve-yakholta ʿamod {וְיָכָלְתָּ עֲמֹד | wə-yākhal-tā ʿămōḏ} ‘and you will be able to stand’, the perfect verb of ability pairs with an infinitive of endurance.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-dayin–mem–daleth
“to stand, endure”
In context — Exodus 18:23
If you do this matter , and God commands you, then you will be able to stand, and also all the people will come to their place in peace.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 18:23, so the Hebrew word עֲמֹ֑ד (amod) 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.18.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.23.W8.S1) and character.