Deuteronomy 21:1:11Deut.21.1.W11TAB
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה
basadeh
“in the open field”
- Transliteration
- ba-sa-DEH
- Extended
- bah-sa-DEH
- IPA
- /basˈsadɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the open field
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| 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
ba-sa-DEH
- clause
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH LO no-DA MI hi-ka-HU
Exegesis
The phrase nofel basadeh {נֹפֵל בַּשָּׂדֶה | nōp̄ēl bāsāḏeh} ‘fallen in the field’ uses a participial description and locative phrase to describe the victim’s condition and location.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:1
If a person is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess , lying fallen in the field, and it is not known who struck him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 21:1, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (basadeh) 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.21.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.1.W11.S1) and character.