Numbers 16:15:2Num.16.15.W2TAB
לְמֹשֶׁה
lemosheh
“against Moses”
- Transliteration
- le-mo-SHEH
- Extended
- leh-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ləmɔˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yi-KHAR le-mo-SHEH me-OD
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayichar {וַיִּ֤חַר | va-yî-ḥar} “and it burned,” an idiom for intense anger attributed to Moses (leMosheh {לְמֹשֶׁה֙} “to Moses”).
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem-shin-heh
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 16:15
And Moses was very angry and said to the LORD , “Do not turn toward their offering . I have not taken even one donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:15, so the Hebrew word לְמֹשֶׁה (lemosheh) 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.16.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.15.W2.S1) and character.