Numbers 21:7:3Num.21.7.W3TAB

אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֜ה

elmoshe

to Moses

Transliteration
el-MO-she
Extended
ehl-MO-sheh
IPA
/ʔɛlˈmoʃe/

Meaning by language

English
to Moses

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶל + מֹ + שֶׁ֜ה
el + mo + she
elmoshe

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-MO-she

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ya-VO ha-AM el-MO-she

  3. clause

    va-ya-VO ha-AM el-MO-she va-yo-MRU kha-ta-NU ki-dib-BAR-nu va-ye-ho-VAH va-VAkh hit-pa-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ya-SER mei-a-LEI-nu et-ha-na-KHASH

  4. sentence

    va-ya-VO ha-AM el-MO-she va-yo-MRU kha-ta-NU ki-dib-BAR-nu va-ye-ho-VAH va-VAkh hit-pa-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ya-SER mei-a-LEI-nu et-ha-na-KHASH va-yit-pa-LEL MO-she be-AD ha-AM

Exegesis

vayavo {וַיָּבֹא | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’ marks narrative progression with haʿam {הָעָם | hā-ʿām} as subject and ʾel-Mōšē {אֶל־מֹשֶׁה | ʾel-Mōšē} indicating the recipient of the plea.

Root and etymology

m-š-hmem-shin-heh

to draw out

In contextNumbers 21:7

And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned because we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD that He may remove the serpent from upon us.” And Moses prayed on behalf of the people.

About this coordinate

Numbers 21:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֜ה (elmoshe) 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.21.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.7.W3.S1) and character.