Exodus 21:28:13Exod.21.28.W13TAB
וּבַ֥עַל
uvaal
“and the owner of”
- Transliteration
- u-VA-al
- Extended
- oo-VAH-ahl
- IPA
- /uːˈva.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the owner of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-VA-al
- phraseyour reading level
u-VA-al ha-SHOR
- clause
sa-KOL yi-sa-KEL ha-SHOR ve-LO ye-a-KHEL et-be-sa-RO u-VA-al ha-SHOR na-KI
- sentence
ve-khi-yi-GAKH SHOR et-ISH O et-i-SHA va-MET sa-KOL yi-sa-KEL ha-SHOR ve-LO ye-a-KHEL et-be-sa-RO u-VA-al ha-SHOR na-KI
Exegesis
Finally, uvaal hashor naki {וּבַעַל הַשּׁוֹר נָקִי | ū-bā-ʿāl ha-šôr nā-qī} ‘but the owner of the ox is innocent’ absolves liability. The English rendering preserves the coordinated legal sequence and modal force of the original.
Root and etymology
b-‘-lb-‘-l
“master, owner”
In context — Exodus 21:28
And if an ox gores a man or a woman and the person dies, the ox shall surely be stoned, its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be declared innocent .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 21:28, so the Hebrew word וּבַ֥עַל (uvaal) 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.21.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.28.W13.S1) and character.