Numbers 13:16:2Num.13.16.W2TAB
שְׁמ֣וֹת
shemot
“names”
- Transliteration
- she-MOT
- Extended
- sheh-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʃɛˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- names
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
she-MOT ha-a-na-SHIM
- clause
E-le she-MOT ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-sha-LAKH mo-SHE la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
- sentence
E-le she-MOT ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-sha-LAKH mo-SHE la-TUR et-ha-A-retz va-yik-RA mo-SHE le-ho-SHE-a bin-NUN ye-ho-SHU-a
Exegesis
The verse opens with the demonstrative eleh {אֵלֶּה | ʾêl-leh} ‘these,’ introducing a list, immediately followed by the noun shemot {שְׁמוֹת | šə-mōṯ} ‘names’ in construct with ha-anashim {הָאֲנָשִׁים | hā-ʾănāšīm} ‘the men.’
Root and etymology
Rootshin mem tav
“names”
In context — Numbers 13:16
These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua .
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁמ֣וֹת (shemot) 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.13.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.16.W2.S1) and character.