Numbers 3:38:8Num.3.38.W8TAB
מֹשֶׁ֣ה
mosheh
“Moses”
- Transliteration
- mo-SHEH
- Extended
- moh-SHEH
- IPA
- /mizˈraː.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- Moses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mo-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-va-NAV
- clause
ve-ha-KHO-neem leef-NEI ha-meesh-KAN KED-mah leef-NEI O-hel-MO-ed miz-RA-khah mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-va-NAV shom-REEM meesh-ME-ret ha-meek-DASH le-meesh-ME-ret be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-ha-KHO-neem leef-NEI ha-meesh-KAN KED-mah leef-NEI O-hel-MO-ed miz-RA-khah mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-va-NAV shom-REEM meesh-ME-ret ha-meek-DASH le-meesh-ME-ret be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
Exegesis
The main clause then presents Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh}, veAharon {וְאַהֲרֹן | wə-ʾă-ḥă-rōn}, and uvanav {וּבָנָיו | u-va-nā-v} as subjects of shomrim {שֹׁמְרִים | šō-mer-îm} ‘guarding’ mishmeret {מִשְׁמֶרֶת | miš-me-ret} ‘charge’ of hamikdash {הַמִּקְדָּשׁ | ha-mik-dā-sh}, arranged in the construct le-mishmeret benei Yisrael {לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | lə-miš-me-ret bə-nê yi-srā-ʾēl} ‘for the charge of the sons of Israel’.
Root and etymology
mem–shin–hehm–š–h
“to draw out”
In context — Numbers 3:38
And those who camped eastward before the tabernacle, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They kept the charge of the sanctuary on behalf of the sons of Israel. Any outsider who came near was to be put to death.
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:38:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 3:38, so the Hebrew word מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mosheh) 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.3.38.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.38.W8.S1) and character.