Exodus 19:23:7Exod.19.23.W7TAB
אֶל־הַ֣ר
elhar
“to the mountain”
- Transliteration
- el-HAR
- Extended
- ehl-HAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈhar/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the mountain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-HAR
- phraseyour reading level
el-HAR see-NAI
- clause
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI
- sentence
vah-yoh-MER mo-SHEH el-ye-ho-VAH lo-yu-KHAL ha-AM la-a-LOT el-HAR see-NAI KEE-ah-TAH ha-EH-DOH-tah ba-NU le-MOR hag-BEL et-ha-HAR ve-kid-ASH-to
Exegesis
The goal phrase el-hahar sinai {אֶל־הַר סִינָי | ʾel-hā-har sî-nāy} ‘to Mount Sinai’ combines preposition, noun, and proper name.
Root and etymology
h-r-rheth–resh–resh
“mountain, high place”
In context — Exodus 19:23
Moses said to the LORD , “The people cannot ascend Mount Sinai, because You warned us, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 19:23, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַ֣ר (elhar) 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.19.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.23.W7.S1) and character.