Exodus 21:26:7Exod.21.26.W7TAB
וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ
veshikhatah
“and he destroys it”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-kha-TAH
- Extended
- veh-shih-khah-TAAH
- IPA
- /wə.ʃi.ħa.ˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he destroys it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shi-kha-TAH
- clause
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH et-EEN av-DO oh-et-EEN a-ma-TO ve-shi-kha-TAH
- 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
The apodosis begins with the Hiphil perfect weshikhatah {וְשִׁחֲתָהּ | wə-šiḥ-tāh} ‘he destroys it’, indicating irreversible harm.
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 21:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 21:26, so the Hebrew word וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ (veshikhatah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.26.W7.S1) and character.