Numbers 16:50:3Num.16.50.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:15
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה
elmosheh
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-MO-sheh
- Extended
- el-MOH-sheh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈmoʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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
el-MO-sheh
- clause
va-ya-SHAV a-ha-RON el-MO-sheh el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
va-ya-SHAV a-ha-RON el-MO-sheh el-PE-takh O-hel mo-ED ve-ha-ma-ge-FAH ne-e-tsa-RAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-mōšēh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel mōšēh} ‘to Moses’ establishes directional focus on leadership.
Root and etymology
ʾ-laleph–lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Numbers 16:50
And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the plague was restrained.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:50:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:50, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה (elmosheh) 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.16.50.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.50.W3.S1) and character.