Exodus 21:32:10Exod.21.32.W10TAB
לַֽאדֹנָ֔יו
laadonav
“to his master”
- Transliteration
- la-a-do-NAV
- Extended
- lah-ah-doh-NAAV
- IPA
- /la.ʔa.ðo.ˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his master
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-do-NAV
- clause
KE-sef she-lo-SHIM she-ka-LIM yit-TEN la-a-do-NAV ve-ha-SHOR yis-sa-KEL
- 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 prepositional phrase la-ʾă-ḏô-nāw {לַאדֹנָיו | la-ʾă-ḏô-nāw} ‘to his master’ assigns payment obligation.
Root and etymology
א־ד־ן
“lord, master”
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 21:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 21:32, so the Hebrew word לַֽאדֹנָ֔יו (laadonav) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.32.W10.S1) and character.