Numbers 20:2:5Num.20.2.W5TAB
עַל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה
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
va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-MO-sheh
- clause
va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON
- sentence
ve-LO-ha-YA MA-yim la-e-DAH va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-MO-sheh ve-al-a-ha-RON
Exegesis
The paired prepositions al {עַל | ʿal} and ve’al {וְעַֽל | wə-ʿal} create a chiastic parallelism, each governing Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh} and Aharon {אַהֲרֹן | ’ă-hă-rōn}, emphasizing communal opposition toward the leaders.
Root and etymology
מ־שׁ־ה
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 20:2
Now there was no water for the community , so they assembled and confronted Moses and Aaron.
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 20:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־מֹשֶׁ֖ה (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.20.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.2.W5.S1) and character.