Numbers 20:11:5Num.20.11.W5TAB
אֶת־הַסֶּ֛לַע
ethasela
“the rock”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-SE-la
- Extended
- EET-hah-SEH-lah
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.hasˈse.laʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the rock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
ET-ha-SE-la
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAKH ET-ha-SE-la
- clause
va-ya-REM mo-SHEH ET-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-ha-SE-la be-ma-TE-hu pa-a-MAI-im
- sentence
va-ya-REM mo-SHEH ET-ya-DO va-YAKH ET-ha-SE-la be-ma-TE-hu pa-a-MAI-im va-ye-TSE-u MA-yim ra-BIM va-TESH-te ha-e-DA u-ve-i-RAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et-hassela {אֶת־הַסֶּלַע | ʾet-hassélaʿ} marks the rock as the object of striking.
Root and etymology
s-l-ʿsamekh-lamed-ayin
“rock, crag”
In context — Numbers 20:11
And Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff , and abundant waters gushed forth, and the congregation drank along with their livestock.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:11, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַסֶּ֛לַע (ethasela) 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.20.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.11.W5.S1) and character.