Exodus 21:27:8Exod.21.27.W8TAB
תַּ֥חַת
takhat
“because of”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat
- Extended
- TAH-khaht
- IPA
- /ˈta.ħaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
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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 shin-NO
- clause
ye-shal-le-KHEN-nu TA-khat shin-NO
- 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 final prepositional phrase tachat {תַּחַת | tā·ḥat} ‘in place of’ with sheno {שֵׁנוֹ | šē·nô} ‘his tooth’ underlines the substitution principle. The English renders the protasis–apodosis pattern with ‘If… must’, preserving the sequential legal logic and cause-and-effect structure of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
Roottav–chet–tav
“under, instead of”
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 21:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 21:27, 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.21.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.27.W8.S1) and character.