Numbers 13:16:9Num.13.16.W9TAB
מֹשֶׁ֛ה
moshe
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHE
- Extended
- moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /moˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mo-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-RA mo-SHE
- clause
va-yik-RA mo-SHE le-ho-SHE-a bin-NUN ye-ho-SHU-a
- 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 relative clause asher-shalach Moshe latur et-ha-aretz {אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַח מֹשֶׁה לָתּוּר אֵת־הָאָרֶץ | ʾă-šer-šā-laḥ mō-šē lā-tūr ʾēṯ-hā-ʾā-reṣ} uses the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} linked by maqqef to shalach {שָׁלַח | šā-laḥ} ‘sent,’ forming a single syntactic unit that introduces Moses’ mission.
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 13:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 13:16, so the Hebrew word מֹשֶׁ֛ה (moshe) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.16.W9.S1) and character.