Numbers 16:3:2Num.16.3.W2TAB
עַל־מֹשֶׁה
almosheh
“against Moses”
- Transliteration
- al-mo-SHEH
- Extended
- al-moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʕal.moˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yo-me-RU a-le-HEM rav-la-KHEM ki-kol-ha-e-DAH ku-LAM ke-do-SHIM u-ve-to-KHAM Ye-ho-VAH u-mad-DU-a tit-na-SE-u al-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The paired prepositions al moshe we-al aharon {עַל־מֹשֶׁה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹן | ʿal mōšē wə-ʿal ʾaharō̂n} intensify the confrontation with both Moses and Aaron.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem-shin-heh
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 16:3
And they assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and they said to them, “It is too much for you! For all the assembly, all of them, are holy, and in their midst is the LORD . Why then do you exalt yourselves over the LORD’s assembly ?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 16:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֹשֶׁה (almosheh) 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.16.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.3.W2.S1) and character.