Numbers 21:8:3Num.21.8.W3TAB
אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה
elmosheh
“to Moses”
- Transliteration
- el-MO-sheh
- Extended
- EHL-MOH-sheh
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈmoːʃɛ/
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
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh a-SEH le-KHA sa-RAF ve-SIM o-TO al-NES ve-ha-YA kol-ha-NA-shukh ve-ra-AH o-TO va-KHAI
Exegesis
The imperative aseh lekha {עֲשֵׂה לְךָ | ʿă-sêh lə-ḵā} provides Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šēh} with a personal command.
Root and etymology
m-š-hmem-shin-heh
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 21:8
And the LORD said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten looks at it and lives.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 21:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה (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.21.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.8.W3.S1) and character.