Deuteronomy 22:23:5Deut.22.23.W5TAB
מְאֹרָשָׂה
meorasa
“betrothed”
- Transliteration
- me-o-ra-SA
- Extended
- meh-oh-rah-SAH
- IPA
- /məʔoːraˈsa/
Meaning by language
- English
- betrothed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-o-ra-SA
- sentence
ki yih-YEH na-a-RA ve-tu-LA me-o-ra-SA le-ISH u-me-tsa-AH ISH ba-IR ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
Exegesis
The word meorasah {מְאֹרָשָׂה | mə’ôrāśâ} ‘betrothed’ establishes her binding status to leish {לְאִישׁ | lə’îš} ‘a man’.
Root and etymology
“to betroth”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:23
If there is a young woman, a virgin , who is betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her;
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 22:23, so the Hebrew word מְאֹרָשָׂה (meorasa) 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.22.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.23.W5.S1) and character.