Exodus 18:6:2Exod.18.6.W2TAB
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה
elmosheh
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-mo-SHEH
- Extended
- ehl-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.moˈʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-mo-SHEH
- clause
va-YO-mer el-mo-SHEH a-NI kho-ten-KHAA yit-ROH BAA e-le-KHAA
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-mo-SHEH a-NI kho-ten-KHAA yit-ROH BAA e-le-KHAA ve-ISH-te-KHAA u-she-NEE vah-NEH-yah im-MAAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-mosheh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel mō-šeh} ‘to Moses’ marks the addressee.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
In context — Exodus 18:6
And he said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro , am coming to you, and your wife and her two sons are with her.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה (elmosheh) 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.18.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.6.W2.S1) and character.