Exodus 19:12:7Exod.19.12.W7TAB

עֲל֥וֹת

alot

to go up

Transliteration
a-LOT
Extended
ah-LOHT
IPA
/ʕaˈloːt/

Meaning by language

English
to go up

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Result
עֲ + ל֥וֹת
a + lot
alot

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-LOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-LOT ba-HAR

  3. clause

    veh-hig-bal-TA et-hah-AM sa-VIV leh-e-MOR hi-sham-RU la-KHEM a-LOT ba-HAR oo-ne-GO-a be-ka-TSE-hu

  4. sentence

    veh-hig-bal-TA et-hah-AM sa-VIV leh-e-MOR hi-sham-RU la-KHEM a-LOT ba-HAR oo-ne-GO-a be-ka-TSE-hu kol-ha-no-GEA ba-HAR MOT yu-MAT

Exegesis

Within the quotation, the imperative hishameru {הִשָּׁמְרוּ | hiš-šā-mə-rû} ‘guard yourselves’ governs two infinitives: alot {עֲלוֹת | ʿă-lôṯ} ‘going up’ tied to bahar {בָּהָר | bā-hār} ‘on the mountain’, and negoa {נְגֹעַ | nə-gō-ʿa} ‘touching’ linked to bekatsehu {בְּקָצֵ֑הוּ | bə-qā-ṣē-hû} ‘at its edge’.

In contextExodus 19:12

You shall mark off a boundary for the people all around and say, “Guard yourselves : do not go up the mountain, and do not touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death .”

About this coordinate

Exodus 19:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 19:12, so the Hebrew word עֲל֥וֹת (alot) 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.19.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.12.W7.S1) and character.