Exodus 21:32:1Exod.21.32.W1TAB
אִם־עֶ֛בֶד
imeved
“if a male slave”
- Transliteration
- im-E-ved
- Extended
- im-EH-ved
- IPA
- /ʔim.ˈʕɛ.vɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- if a male slave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-E-ved
- clause
im-E-ved yig-GAKH ha-SHOR O a-MA
- sentence
im-E-ved yig-GAKH ha-SHOR O a-MA KE-sef she-lo-SHIM she-ka-LIM yit-TEN la-a-do-NAV ve-ha-SHOR yis-sa-KEL
Exegesis
The statute opens with the conditional protasis ve-im-ʿê-ḇeḏ {וְאִם־עֶבֶד | wə-ʾim-ʿê-ḇeḏ} ‘and if a slave’, followed by the Qal imperfect verb yi-ḡaḥ {יִגַּח | yi-ḡaḥ} ‘it gores’, framing the initiating action.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dayin–bet–dalet
“servant”
In context — Exodus 21:32
And if the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give thirty shekels of silver to the master , and the bull shall be stoned.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:32, so the Hebrew word אִם־עֶ֛בֶד (imeved) 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.21.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.32.W1.S1) and character.