Exodus 21:26:10Exod.21.26.W10TAB
תַּ֥חַת
takhat
“for”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat
- Extended
- TAH-khat
- IPA
- /ˈta.ħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TA-khat
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat ee-NO
- clause
la-khof-SHEE ye-shal-le-KHEN-noo TA-khat ee-NO
- sentence
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH et-EEN av-DO oh-et-EEN a-ma-TO ve-shi-kha-TAH la-khof-SHEE ye-shal-le-KHEN-noo TA-khat ee-NO
Exegesis
Finally, the preposition tachat {תַּחַת | ṭa-ḥat} ‘instead of’ introduces the substitutionary principle linking the release to the injured eye. The English rendering shifts to subject–verb–object order and adds conjunctions for clarity while preserving the casuistic clause structure and legal parallelism of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
tav-ḥet-tavtav-ḥet-tav
“instead of”
In context — Exodus 21:26
And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and ruins it, he must let him go free in compensation for his eye.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 21:26, so the Hebrew word תַּ֥חַת (takhat) 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.21.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.26.W10.S1) and character.