Exodus 39:34:5Exod.39.34.W5TAB
וְאֶת־מִכְסֵ֖ה
veetmikhseh
“and the covering of”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-mikh-SEH
- Extended
- veh-eht-mikh-SEH
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛθ.mixˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the covering of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-mikh-SEH
- clause
ve-et-mikh-SEH o-ROT ha-e-LIM ha-me-a-da-MIM ve-et-mikh-SEH o-ROT hat-te-kha-SHIM
- sentence
ve-et-mikh-SEH o-ROT ha-e-LIM ha-me-a-da-MIM ve-et-mikh-SEH o-ROT hat-te-kha-SHIM ve-ET pa-RO-khet ham-ma-SAKH
Exegesis
Each ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wəʾět} ‘and + direct-object marker’ introduces a new object in the inventory.
The construct chain mikseh ʿôrôt hāʾêlîm hamʾaddāmîm {מִכְסֵה עוֹרֹת הָאֵילִם הַמְאָדָּמִים | miḵsēh ʿôrôt hāʾêlîm hamʾaddāmîm} ‘covering of the rams dyed red’ and the parallel mikseh ʿôrôt hattəḥāšîm {מִכְסֵה עֹרֹת הַתְּחָשִׁים | miḵsēh ʿôrôt hattəḥāšîm} ‘covering of the tachash skins’ illustrate Hebrew noun-construct patterns, with the participle hameaddamim modifying ʾêlîm to indicate ritual coloration.
Root and etymology
כ־ס־ה
“to cover, conceal”
In context — Exodus 39:34
And the covering of the rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of the tachash skins , and the veil of the screen.
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 39:34, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִכְסֵ֖ה (veetmikhseh) 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.39.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.34.W5.S1) and character.