Numbers 11:2:3Num.11.2.W3TAB
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה
elmosheh
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-MO-sheh
- Extended
- el-MOH-sheh
- IPA
- /ʔelˈmoːʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-MO-sheh
- clause
va-yits-AK ha-AM el-MO-sheh
- sentence
va-yits-AK ha-AM el-MO-sheh va-yit-pal-LEL MO-sheh el-ye-ho-VAH va-tish-KA ha-ESH
Exegesis
The opening vayits’aq {וַיִּצְעַ֥ק | va-yitṣ·aʿaq} ‘and he cried out’ marks the people’s urgent appeal, directed haʿam ʾel mōšê {הָעָם אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | hā-ʿām ʾel mō-šê} toward Moses as mediator.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-shin-he
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 11:2
And the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD , and the fire subsided.
About this coordinate
Numbers 11:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 11:2, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה (elmosheh) 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 Num.11.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.11.2.W3.S1) and character.