Deuteronomy 18:3:10Deut.18.3.W10TAB
אִם־שׁ֣וֹר
imshor
“whether an ox”
- Transliteration
- IM-SHOR
- Extended
- IM-SHOHR
- IPA
- /ʔimˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- whether an ox
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-SHOR
- phraseyour reading level
IM-SHOR IM-SEH
- clause
ve-ZEH yih-YEH mish-PAT ha-ko-ha-NIM me-ET ha-AM me-ET zov-KHEI ha-ZE-vakh IM-SHOR IM-SEH
- sentence
ve-ZEH yih-YEH mish-PAT ha-ko-ha-NIM me-ET ha-AM me-ET zov-KHEI ha-ZE-vakh IM-SHOR IM-SEH ve-na-TAN la-ko-HEN haz-RO-a ve-hal-le-kha-YA-yim ve-ha-ke-VAH
Exegesis
The conditional clause im-shor im-seh {אִם־שׁוֹר אִם־שֶׂה | ʾim-šôr ʾim-séh} enumerates animal options.
In context — Deuteronomy 18:3
And this shall be the prescribed portion for the priests from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: they shall give to the priest the foreleg, the two cheeks , and the stomach.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 18:3, so the Hebrew word אִם־שׁ֣וֹר (imshor) 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.18.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.3.W10.S1) and character.