Exodus 21:14:5Exod.21.14.W5TAB
בְעָרְמָ֑ה
veormah
“with guile”
- Transliteration
- ve-or-MAH
- Extended
- veh-ohr-MAA
- IPA
- /və.ʕɔrˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with guile
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-or-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
le-hor-GO ve-or-MAH
- clause
ve-khi-ya-ZID EESH al-re-EH-hoo le-hor-GO ve-or-MAH
- sentence
ve-khi-ya-ZID EESH al-re-EH-hoo le-hor-GO ve-or-MAH me-IM miz-be-KHI ti-ka-KHEN-noo la-MOOT
Exegesis
The manner clause be-armah {בְּעָרְמָה | bə-ʿar-māh} “with cunning” heightens culpability.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-mayin–resh–mem
“craftiness”
In context — Exodus 21:14
And if a man acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him with cunning , you shall take him from My altar , that he may die.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 21:14, so the Hebrew word בְעָרְמָ֑ה (veormah) 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.21.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.14.W5.S1) and character.