Exodus 20:21:4Exod.20.21.W4TAB
וּמֹשֶׁה֙
oomosheh
“and Moses”
- Transliteration
- oo-mo-SHEH
- Extended
- oo-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /uː.moː.ˈʃɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-mo-SHEH
- clause
oo-mo-SHEH ni-GASH el-ha-a-ra-FEL a-sher-SHAM ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-AM me-ra-KHOK oo-mo-SHEH ni-GASH el-ha-a-ra-FEL a-sher-SHAM ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction vav then introduces a contrastive second clause with uMoshe {וּמֹשֶׁה | û-mō-šeh} ‘and Moses’ as the new subject.
In context — Exodus 20:21
The people stood at a distance , but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 20:21, so the Hebrew word וּמֹשֶׁה֙ (oomosheh) 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.20.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.21.W4.S1) and character.