Exodus 20:18:2Exod.20.18.W2TAB
רֹאִ֨ים
roeem
“seeing”
- Transliteration
- ro-EEM
- Extended
- roh-EEM
- IPA
- /ro.ˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- seeing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-EEM
- phraseyour reading level
veh-KHOL-hah-AM ro-EEM et-ha-KO-LOT
- clause
veh-KHOL-hah-AM ro-EEM et-ha-KO-LOT veh-EHT-hah-lah-PEE-DEEM ve-ET KOL ha-SHO-FAR veh-EHT-hah-HAR a-SHEEN
- sentence
veh-KHOL-hah-AM ro-EEM et-ha-KO-LOT veh-EHT-hah-lah-PEE-DEEM ve-ET KOL ha-SHO-FAR veh-EHT-hah-HAR a-SHEEN vah-YAR ha-AM vah-yah-NU-oo vah-yah-AM-DOO meh-rah-KHOK
Exegesis
The participle roim {רֹאִ֨ים | rō-ʾîm} ‘seeing’ frames the sensory phenomena as an ongoing experience before the narrative shifts into a sequence of wayyiqtol verbs.
In context — Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the voices and the flashes of fire , the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; the people trembled and stood at a distance.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 20:18, so the Hebrew word רֹאִ֨ים (roeem) 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.20.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.18.W2.S1) and character.