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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SHE-vet
- clause
ve-khi-ya-KEH ISH et-av-DO OH et-a-ma-TO ba-SHE-vet u-MET TA-khat ya-DO
- 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 context — Exodus 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.