Deuteronomy 15:12:10Deut.15.12.W10TAB
וּבַשָּׁנָה֙
uvashanah
“and in the year”
- Transliteration
- u-va-sha-NAH
- Extended
- oo-vah-shaa-NAH
- IPA
- /uvaʃ.ʃaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the year
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-va-sha-NAH
- clause
u-va-sha-NAH ha-shvi-IT te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-vad-KHA SHESH sha-NIM u-va-sha-NAH ha-shvi-IT te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH
Exegesis
The temporal phrases ūbaššānāh {וּבַשָּׁנָה | ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh} and the construct haššəḇîʿîṯ šānāh {הַשְּׁבִיעִת שָׁנָה | ha·ššə·ḇî·ʿîṯ šānāh} frame the servitude period.
Root and etymology
š-n-hshin-nun-he
“year”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:12
If your brother the Hebrew man or the Hebrew woman is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him away free from you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 15:12, so the Hebrew word וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ (uvashanah) 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 Deut.15.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.12.W10.S1) and character.