Numbers 21:4:2Num.21.4.W2TAB
מֵהֹ֤ר
mehor
“from Hor”
- Transliteration
- me-HOR
- Extended
- meh-HOHR
- IPA
- /meːˈhoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Hor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-HOR
- phraseyour reading level
me-HOR ha-HAR
- clause
va-yis-U me-HOR ha-HAR DE-rekh yam-SUF lis-VOv et-E-rets e-DOM
- sentence
va-yis-U me-HOR ha-HAR DE-rekh yam-SUF lis-VOv et-E-rets e-DOM va-tik-TSAR NE-fesh-ha-AM ba-DA-rekh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mehor hahar {מֵהֹ֤ר הָהָר֙ | mē-hôr hā-hār} specifies the departure point.
In context — Numbers 21:4
And they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:4, so the Hebrew word מֵהֹ֤ר (mehor) 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.21.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.4.W2.S1) and character.