Deuteronomy 22:25:6Deut.22.25.W6TAB
הַמְאֹרָשָׂ֔ה
hameorasa
“who is betrothed”
- Transliteration
- ham-e-o-ra-SA
- Extended
- hah-meh-oh-rah-SAH
- IPA
- /hamʔoːraˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who is betrothed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ham-e-o-ra-SA
- clause
ve-KHI-yi-he-YEH ISH be-SA-deh ye-fa-GESH i-SHA ham-e-o-ra-SA ve-he-khe-ZIK BAH ha-ISH ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
- sentence
ve-KHI-yi-he-YEH ISH be-SA-deh ye-fa-GESH i-SHA ham-e-o-ra-SA ve-he-khe-ZIK BAH ha-ISH ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH u-MET ha-ISH a-SHER-sha-KHAV im-MAH
Exegesis
The imperfect verb yimtza {יִמְצָא | yim-ṣāʾ} ‘he finds’ presents a hypothetical scenario, with the direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} signaling hanaarah {הַנַּעֲרָה | ha-na-ʿa-rāh} ‘the young woman’, further specified by the participle hame‘orasah {הַמְאֹרָשָׂה | ha-mə-ʾō-rā-śāh} ‘the engaged’.
Root and etymology
’-r-šaleph–resh–shin
“to pledge”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:25
But if in the field the man finds the young woman who is engaged , and the man seizes her and lies with her, then the man who lay with her alone shall die.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 22:25, so the Hebrew word הַמְאֹרָשָׂ֔ה (hameorasa) 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.22.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.25.W6.S1) and character.