Exodus 21:2:4Exod.21.2.W4TAB
שֵׁשׁ־שָׁנִים
sheshshanim
“six years”
- Transliteration
- shesh-sha-NIM
- Extended
- shesh-shah-NEEM
- IPA
- /ʃeʃ.ʃaˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- six years
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
shesh-sha-NIM
- sentence
KI tik-NEH-E-ved iv-RI shesh-sha-NIM ya-a-VOD oo-vah-she-VI-IT ye-TSE lah-KHAF-SHI khin-NAM
Exegesis
The temporal clause shesh shanim yaʿavod {שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד | šêš šānîm yaʿăḇōḏ} “six years he shall serve” places the numeral before the plural noun, while the vav-prefixed ordinal u-vašviʿit {וּבַשְּׁבִיעִת | û-ḇaššəḇîʿəṯ} “and in the seventh” limits service duration.
In context — Exodus 21:2
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve for six years. In the seventh year, he shall go out to freedom , without payment.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 21:2, so the Hebrew word שֵׁשׁ־שָׁנִים (sheshshanim) 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.21.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.2.W4.S1) and character.