Exodus 19:20:11Exod.19.20.W11TAB
הָהָ֖ר
hahar
“the mountain”
- Transliteration
- ha-HAR
- Extended
- hah-HAAR
- IPA
- /haːˈhaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the mountain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ha-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
el-ROSH ha-HAR
- clause
va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH el-ROSH ha-HAR va-ya-AL mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-YE-red Ye-ho-VAH al-HAR si-NAI el-ROSH ha-HAR va-yik-RA Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH el-ROSH ha-HAR va-ya-AL mo-SHEH
Exegesis
The locative phrase al-har Sinai {עַל־הַר סִינַי | ʿal-har sî-nāy} ‘upon Mount Sinai’ is then qualified by el-rosh ha-har {אֶל־רֹאשׁ הָהָר | ʾel-rōʾš hā-hār} ‘to the summit of the mountain’.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–resh
“mountain”
In context — Exodus 19:20
And the LORD descended to the summit of Mount Sinai; the LORD called Moses to the summit, and Moses ascended.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 19:20, so the Hebrew word הָהָ֖ר (hahar) 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.19.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.20.W11.S1) and character.