Exodus 18:8:2Exod.18.8.W2TAB
מֹשֶׁה֙
mosheh
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHEH
- Extended
- moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /moˈʃe/
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-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH
- clause
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
- 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
The subject Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh} precedes the indirect object lechotno {לְחֹתְנוֹ | lə-ḥōṯ-nô} ‘to his father-in-law’, highlighting Jethro as the hearer.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–he
“to draw out”
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 18:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:8, so the Hebrew word מֹשֶׁה֙ (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.18.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W2.S1) and character.