Numbers 17:1:3Num.17.1.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:16
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה
elmosheh
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-MO-sheh
- Extended
- ehl-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-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh le-MOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-Mosheh {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel-mō-šē} ‘to Moses’ indicates the recipient, with el functioning as a dative marker.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem-shin-he
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 17:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying ,
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 17:1, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה (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.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.1.W3.S1) and character.