Exodus 18:5:12Exod.18.5.W12TAB
הַ֥ר
har
“the mountain of”
- Transliteration
- HAR
- Extended
- HAHR
- IPA
- /ˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- the mountain of
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
HAR
- phraseyour reading level
HAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
el-ham-mid-BAR a-sher-HU kho-NEH SHAM HAR ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-VO yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHEH u-va-NAV ve-ish-TO el-mo-SHEH el-ham-mid-BAR a-sher-HU kho-NEH SHAM HAR ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse closes with the appositional phrase har hāʾĕlōhîm {הַר הָאֱלֹהִים | har hā-ʾĕlōhîm} ‘the mountain of God’, highlighting the sacred site of divine presence.
Root and etymology
h-r-rheh–resh–resh
“hill, mountain”
In context — Exodus 18:5
And Jethro , the father-in-law of Moses, came with his sons and his wife to Moses, to the wilderness where he was encamping at the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 18:5, so the Hebrew word הַ֥ר (har) 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.18.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.5.W12.S1) and character.