Exodus 18:24:2Exod.18.24.W2TAB
מֹשֶׁ֖ה
mosheh
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHEH
- Extended
- moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /mo.ˈʃɛ/
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-yish-MA mo-SHEH
- clause
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH le-KOL khot-NO
- sentence
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH le-KOL khot-NO va-YA-AS KOL a-SHER a-MAR
Exegesis
The first wayyiqtol vayishma {וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע | way-yiš-maʿ} ‘and he listened’ with Moshe {מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mō-šeh} in postverbal position emphasizes Moses’s receptive response.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 18:24
And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he carried out everything that he had said.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:24, 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.18.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.24.W2.S1) and character.