Exodus 20:21:5Exod.20.21.W5TAB
נִגַּ֣שׁ
nigash
“drew near”
- Transliteration
- ni-GASH
- Extended
- nih-GASH
- IPA
- /nig.ˈgaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- drew near
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-GASH
- phraseyour reading level
ni-GASH el-ha-a-ra-FEL
- 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
In this clause, the Nifal perfect nigash {נִגַּשׁ | nig-gaš} ‘approached’ conveys Moses’s authorized movement.
Root and etymology
n-g-šnun–gimel–shin
“to approach”
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 20:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 20:21, so the Hebrew word נִגַּ֣שׁ (nigash) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.21.W5.S1) and character.