Exodus 18:8:16Exod.18.8.W16TAB
מְצָאָ֣תַם
metsaatam
“had come upon them”
- Transliteration
- me-tsa-a-TAM
- Extended
- meh-tsaa-ah-TAHM
- IPA
- /mətsaʔaˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- had come upon them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-tsa-a-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh
- clause
ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A second et {אֵת | ʾēt} introduces kol-ha-tela’ah asher metsa’atam {כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתַם | kāl-hat-tə-lā-ʾāh ʾă-šer mə-ṣā-ʾā-ṯām} ‘all the hardship that met them’, where the feminine noun tela’ah {הַתְּלָאָה | hat-tə-lā-ʾāh} takes the singular verb metsa’atam to personify affliction.
In context — Exodus 18:8
And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had met them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Exodus 18:8, so the Hebrew word מְצָאָ֣תַם (metsaatam) 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.18.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W16.S1) and character.