Numbers 15:32:6Num.15.32.W6TAB
מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ
mekoshesh
“gathering”
- Transliteration
- me-ko-SHESH
- Extended
- meh-koh-SHEHSH
- IPA
- /məkɔˈʃeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- gathering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ko-SHESH
- phraseyour reading level
me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM
- clause
va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
- sentence
va-yi-HYU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
A new action is introduced by the vav-consecutive wayimṣəʾû {וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ | wayimṣəʾû} ‘and they found’, with the participle məqōšēš {מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ | məqōšēš} ‘gathering’ modifying the object ʿēṣîm {עֵצִ֖ים | ʿēṣîm} ‘wood’.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-shin-shin
“gather, collect”
In context — Numbers 15:32
And the sons of Israel were in the wilderness , and they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:32, so the Hebrew word מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ (mekoshesh) 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.15.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.32.W6.S1) and character.