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

Result
מְ + קֹ + שֵׁ֥שׁ
me + ko + shesh
mekoshesh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-ko-SHESH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM

  3. clause

    va-yim-tse-U ISH me-ko-SHESH e-TSIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

  4. 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 contextNumbers 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.