Exodus 39:5:7Exod.39.5.W7TAB
כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ֒
kemaasehu
“like its workmanship”
- Transliteration
- ke-ma-a-SE-hu
- Extended
- keh-mah-ah-SEH-hoo
- IPA
- /kə.ma.ʕăˈseː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- like its workmanship
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-ma-a-SE-hu
- clause
ve-KHE-shev a-fu-da-TO a-SHER a-LAV mi-me-NU HU ke-ma-a-SE-hu za-HAV te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NI ve-SHESH mosh-ZAR
- sentence
ve-KHE-shev a-fu-da-TO a-SHER a-LAV mi-me-NU HU ke-ma-a-SE-hu za-HAV te-KHE-let ve-ar-ga-MAN ve-to-LA-at sha-NI ve-SHESH mosh-ZAR ka-a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kema’asehu {כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ | kə-ma-‘ă-śê-hû} ‘as its workmanship’ introduces an asyndetic list of materials, characteristic of priestly aggregation.
Root and etymology
‛-s-hayin–samekh–he
“work”
In context — Exodus 39:5
And the waistband of his ephod, which was on it and from it, was made in the same workmanship: gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet thread, and finely twined linen, as the LORD commanded Moses .
About this coordinate
Exodus 39:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 39:5, so the Hebrew word כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ֒ (kemaasehu) 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.39.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.5.W7.S1) and character.