Exodus 21:10:3Exod.21.10.W3TAB
שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ
sheerah
“her food”
- Transliteration
- she-e-RAH
- Extended
- sheh-eh-RAAH
- IPA
- /ʃə.ʔeː.ˈraːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her food
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-e-RAH
- clause
she-e-RAH ke-soo-TAH ve-o-na-TAH LO yig-RA
- sentence
im-a-KHE-ret yi-kakh-LO she-e-RAH ke-soo-TAH ve-o-na-TAH LO yig-RA
Exegesis
A three-term construct chain—sheerah {שְׁאֵרָהּ | šeʾērāh} 'her food', kesutah {כְּסוּתָהּ | ke-sû-tāh} 'her clothing', and onatah {עֹנָתָהּ | ʿō-na-tāh} 'her marital right'—lists the wife's entitlements.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-aleph-resh
“remnant, flesh”
In context — Exodus 21:10
If he takes another wife for himself, he must not diminish her food , her clothing, or her marital rights .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 21:10, so the Hebrew word שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ (sheerah) 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.21.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.10.W3.S1) and character.