Exodus 21:1:12Exod.21.1.W12TAB

וְאַרְבַּעָה

veharbaah

and four

Transliteration
veh-ar-ba-AH
Extended
veh-ar-bah-AAH
IPA
/vəʔarbaʕaː/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
וְ + אַרְ + בַּ + עָה
veh + ar + ba + ah
veharbaah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    veh-ar-ba-AH

  2. sentence

    kee-yig-NOV EESH SHOR oh-SHEH veh-tah-vah-KHO oh-me-kha-RO kha-mih-SHA bah-KAR ye-sha-LEM ta-KHAT ha-SHOR veh-ar-ba-AH TSON ta-KHAT ha-SEH

In contextExodus 21:1

Now these are the judgments that you shall set before them.

About this coordinate

Exodus 21:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 21:1, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְבַּעָה (veharbaah) 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 Exod.21.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.1.W12.S1) and character.