Numbers 16:42:4Num.16.42.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:7
עַל־מֹשֶׁה
almosheh
“against Moses”
- Transliteration
- al-MO-sheh
- Extended
- ahl-MOH-sheh
- IPA
- /ʕalˈmoʃe/
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
- phraseyour reading level
al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON
- clause
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-hi-ka-HEL ha-e-DAH al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yif-NU el-O-HEL mo-ED ve-hi-NEH ki-sa-HU he-a-NAN va-ye-RA ke-VOD-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The paired prepositions ʿal-mōšêh {עַל־מֹשֶׁה | ʿal-mōšêh} and wə-ʿal-ʾahārōn {וְעַל־אַהֲרֹן | wə-ʿal-ʾahārōn} highlight collective opposition.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem-shin-heh
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 16:42
And it happened, as the assembly was gathering against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:42:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:42, 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.16.42.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.42.W4.S1) and character.