Exodus 21:20:6Exod.21.20.W6TAB

בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט

bashevet

with the rod

Transliteration
ba-SHE-vet
Extended
bah-SHEH-veht
IPA
/baʃ.ˈʃeː.vɛθ/

Meaning by language

English
with the rod

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּ + שֵּׁ֔ + בֶט
ba + she + vet
bashevet

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-SHE-vet

  2. clause

    ve-khi-ya-KEH ISH et-av-DO OH et-a-ma-TO ba-SHE-vet u-MET TA-khat ya-DO

  3. sentence

    ve-khi-ya-KEH ISH et-av-DO OH et-a-ma-TO ba-SHE-vet u-MET TA-khat ya-DO na-KOM yin-na-KEM

Exegesis

Instrumentality is marked by ba-she-vet {בַּשֵּׁבֶט | ba-šê-ḇeṭ} ‘with a rod’, where the definite article indicates a particular implement.

Root and etymology

ש־ב־טš-b-ṭ

rod, staff

In contextExodus 21:20

And if a man strikes his male slave or his female slave with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be avenged .

About this coordinate

Exodus 21:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 21:20, so the Hebrew word בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט (bashevet) 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.21.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.20.W6.S1) and character.