Numbers 16:2:3Num.16.2.W3TAB
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mosheh
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHEH
- 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-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KU-mu leef-nei-HEM mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ya-KU-mu leef-nei-HEM mo-SHEH va-a-na-SHIM mib-NEI yis-ra-EL kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu leef-nei-HEM mo-SHEH va-a-na-SHIM mib-NEI yis-ra-EL kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM ne-si-EI e-DAH ke-ri-EI mo-ED an-SHEI SHEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lifnê Môšê {לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה | lifnê Môšê} ‘before Moses’ situates the group spatially and hierarchically.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem-shin-heh
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 16:2
And they rose up before Moses—men from the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation , summoned to the assembly , men of renown.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:2, so the Hebrew word מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mosheh) 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.16.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.2.W3.S1) and character.