Exodus 21:29:3Exod.21.29.W3TAB
נַגָּ֨ח
nagakh
“habitually goring”
- Transliteration
- na-GAKH
- Extended
- nah-GAAKH
- IPA
- /na.ˈgaːħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- habitually goring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-GAKH
- phraseyour reading level
SHOR na-GAKH HU
- clause
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
- 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
נ־ג־ח
“to gore”
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 21:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 21:29, so the Hebrew word נַגָּ֨ח (nagakh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.29.W3.S1) and character.