Exodus 21:29:15Exod.21.29.W15TAB
הַשּׁוֹר֙
hashor
“the ox”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHOR
- Extended
- hah-SHOHR
- IPA
- /haʃ.ˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ox
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHOR
- clause
ha-SHOR yis-sa-KEL ve-gam-be-a-LAV yoo-MAT
- sentence
ve-IM SHOR na-GAKH HU mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM ve-hoo-AD biv-a-LAV ve-LO yish-me-REN-noo ve-he-MIT ISH O ish-SHA ha-SHOR yis-sa-KEL ve-gam-be-a-LAV yoo-MAT
Exegesis
The noun šôr {שׁוֹר | šôr} with the active participle naggāḥ {נַגָּח | nag-gāḥ} establishes recurring goring, further specified by the merism mittə-mōl šilšôm {מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם | mittə-mōl šil-šôm} indicating past occurrences.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־ר
“bull”
In context — Exodus 21:29
But if the bull is a goring animal , and it has been testified to its owners , and they have not kept it guarded, and it kills a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 21:29, so the Hebrew word הַשּׁוֹר֙ (hashor) 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.21.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.29.W15.S1) and character.