Exodus 21:18:7Exod.21.18.W7TAB
בְאֶגְרֹ֑ף
veegrof
“with a fist”
- Transliteration
- ve-eg-ROF
- Extended
- veh-ehg-ROHF
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛɡˈroːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a fist
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-eg-ROF
- phraseyour reading level
OH ve-eg-ROF
- clause
ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF
- sentence
ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF ve-LO ya-MUT ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV
Exegesis
The instruments be-even {בְּאֶבֶן | bə-ʾe-ven} ‘with a stone’ or be-agrof {בְּאֶגְרֹף | bə-ʾa-grof} ‘with a fist’ specify means.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-gimel-resh
“palm of hand”
In context — Exodus 21:18
And if men quarrel , and a man strikes his companion with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but falls to bed .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 21:18, so the Hebrew word בְאֶגְרֹ֑ף (veegrof) 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.21.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.18.W7.S1) and character.