Exodus 19:18:3Exod.19.18.W3TAB
עָשַׁ֣ן
ashan
“smoked”
- Transliteration
- a-SHAN
- Extended
- ah-SHAN
- IPA
- /ʕaˈʃan/
Meaning by language
- English
- smoked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHAN
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHAN kul-LO
- clause
ve-HAR see-NAI a-SHAN kul-LO mip-NEI a-SHER ya-RAD a-LAV Ye-ho-VAH ba-ESH
- sentence
ve-HAR see-NAI a-SHAN kul-LO mip-NEI a-SHER ya-RAD a-LAV Ye-ho-VAH ba-ESH va-ya-AL a-sha-NO ke-E-shen ha-kiv-SHAN va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-HAR me-OD
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinated subject veha-har Sinai {וְהַר סִינַי | wə-har sî-nay} ‘and Mount Sinai’, followed by the Qal perfect ashan {עָשַׁן | ʿā-šan} ‘smoked’, a verb–subject order that foregrounds the completed divine effect.
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-nayin–shin–nun
“to smoke, give off vapor”
In context — Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was smoking everywhere because the LORD came down upon it in fire ; its smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled intensely.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 19:18, so the Hebrew word עָשַׁ֣ן (ashan) 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.19.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.18.W3.S1) and character.