Exodus 20:18:9Exod.20.18.W9TAB
עָשֵׁ֑ן
asheen
“smoking”
- Transliteration
- a-SHEEN
- Extended
- ah-SHEHN
- IPA
- /ʕaˈʃeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- smoking
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHEEN
- 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 repeated direct object markers et {אֶת / וְאֶת / וְאֵת | ʾeṯ / wə-ʾeṯ / wə-ʾeṯ} introduce a cumulative list of theophanic manifestations: kolot {הַקּוֹלֹ֜ת | ha-kkō-lōt} ‘voices’, hallapidim {הַלַּפִּידִם | hal-lap-pî-ḏîm} ‘flashes of fire’, qol hashofar {ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר | qōl ha-šō-pār} ‘sound of the trumpet’, and hahar ashen {עָשֵׁ֑ן | hā-hār ʿā-šēn} ‘the mountain smoking’.
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 20:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 20:18, so the Hebrew word עָשֵׁ֑ן (asheen) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.18.W9.S1) and character.