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

Result
וּ + בַ + שָּׁ + נָה֙
u + va + sha + nah
uvashanah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-va-sha-NAH

  2. clause

    u-va-sha-NAH ha-shvi-IT te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH

  3. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.