Numbers 20:12:3Num.20.12.W3TAB
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה
elmosheh
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-MO-sheh
- Extended
- el-MOH-sheh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈmoʃɛ/
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
- phraseyour reading level
el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON YA-an lo-he-e-man-TEM BI le-hak-di-SHE-ni le-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ve-el-a-ha-RON YA-an lo-he-e-man-TEM BI le-hak-di-SHE-ni le-ey-NEI be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEN LO ta-vi-U et-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH el-ha-A-retz a-sher-na-ta-TI la-HEM
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrase ʾel-mōšēh wə-ʾel-ʾaharōn {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן | ʾel-mōšēh wə-ʾel-ʾaharōn} ‘to Moses and to Aaron’ indicates the recipients.
Root and etymology
מ־שׁ־ה
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 20:12
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Since you did not trust Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them."
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 20:12, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה (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.20.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.12.W3.S1) and character.