Exodus 21:22:19Exod.21.22.W19TAB
בִּפְלִלִֽים׃
biflilim
“by the judges' ruling”
- Transliteration
- bif-li-LIM
- Extended
- bihf-lih-LEEM
- IPA
- /bif.liˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by the judges' ruling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
bif-li-LIM
- clause
a-NOSH ye-a-NESH ka-a-SHER ya-SHIT a-LAV ba-AL ha-i-SHAH ve-na-TAN bif-li-LIM
- 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 comparative clause ka-asher yashit alav {כַאֲשֶׁר יָשִׁית עָלָיו | ka-ʼă-šer yā-šît ʿā-lāyw} ‘as he sets upon him’ specifies the amount, and the prefixed verb venatan biflilim {וְנָתַן בִּפְלִלִים | wə-nā-tān bi-plî-lîm} ‘and he gives in judgments’ describes the execution by judges.
Root and etymology
Rootpeh-lamed-peh
“to judge, execute judgment”
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 21:22:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Exodus 21:22, so the Hebrew word בִּפְלִלִֽים׃ (biflilim) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.22.W19.S1) and character.