Exodus 21:27:1Exod.21.27.W1TAB
וְאִם־שֵׁ֥ן
veimshen
“and if a tooth of”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-SHEN
- Extended
- veh-ihm-SHEHN
- IPA
- /və.ʔim.ˈʃeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if a tooth of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-im-SHEN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-im-SHEN av-DO
- clause
ve-im-SHEN av-DO o-SHEN a-ma-TO ya-PEEL la-khof-SHI
- sentence
ve-im-SHEN av-DO o-SHEN a-ma-TO ya-PEEL la-khof-SHI ye-shal-le-KHEN-nu TA-khat shin-NO
Exegesis
The verse’s protasis begins with the conditional particle veim {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’, establishing a casuistic law format.
It then presents a parallel construction of shen {שֵׁן | šēn} ‘tooth’ paired with avdo {עַבְדּוֹ | ʿăḇ·də·ṯō} ‘servant’ and amato {אֲמָתוֹ | ʾă·mā·ṯō} ‘maidservant’, distinguishing male and female slaves.
Root and etymology
“tooth”
In context — Exodus 21:27
And if he causes the tooth of his male servant or the tooth of his female servant to fall out, he must send him away to freedom as compensation for his tooth.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:27, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־שֵׁ֥ן (veimshen) 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.21.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.27.W1.S1) and character.