Exodus 21:22:10Exod.21.22.W10TAB
אָס֑וֹן
ason
“harm”
- Transliteration
- a-SON
- Extended
- ah-SOHN
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- harm
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SON
- clause
ve-khi-yin-na-TSOO a-na-SHIM ve-nag-FOO i-SHAH ha-RAH ve-ya-tse-OO ye-la-DE-ha ve-LO yih-YEH a-SON
- sentence
ve-khi-yin-na-TSOO a-na-SHIM ve-nag-FOO i-SHAH ha-RAH ve-ya-tse-OO ye-la-DE-ha ve-LO yih-YEH a-SON a-NOSH ye-a-NESH ka-a-SHER ya-SHIT a-LAV ba-AL ha-i-SHAH ve-na-TAN bif-li-LIM
Exegesis
The exception ve-lo yihyeh ason {וְלֹא יִהְיֶה אָסוֹן | wə-lō yiḥ-yē-h ā-sôn} ‘but there is no harm’ sets the condition for penalty.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-samekh-nun
“calamity, disaster”
In context — Exodus 21:22
And when men fight and strike a pregnant woman and her children emerge but there is no harm , the offender must be punished according to what the woman’s husband sets and must pay through the judges.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 21:22, so the Hebrew word אָס֑וֹן (ason) 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.21.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.22.W10.S1) and character.