Exodus 21:17:1Exod.21.17.W1TAB
וּמְקַלֵּ֥ל
oomekallel
“anyone who curses”
- Transliteration
- oo-me-kal-LEL
- Extended
- oo-meh-kahl-LEHL
- IPA
- /uː.mə.qal.ˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- anyone who curses
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-me-kal-LEL
- phraseyour reading level
oo-me-kal-LEL a-VIV
- sentence
oo-me-kal-LEL a-VIV ve-im-MO MOT yu-MAT
Exegesis
The verse begins with a prefixed conjunction vav and the Piel participle mekalel {וּמְקַלֵּל | ū-mə-qal-lēl} ‘one who curses,’ forming a nominal relative clause that functions as the subject.
Root and etymology
k-l-lqof–lamed–lamed
“to curse, make light of”
In context — Exodus 21:17
Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:17, so the Hebrew word וּמְקַלֵּ֥ל (oomekallel) 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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.17.W1.S1) and character.