Exodus 21:32:12Exod.21.32.W12TAB
יִסָּקֵֽל׃
yissakel
“shall be stoned”
- Transliteration
- yis-sa-KEL
- Extended
- yih-sah-KEHL
- IPA
- /jis.saː.ˈqeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be stoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yis-sa-KEL
- 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 statute concludes with the Niphal imperfect yis-sā-qēl {יִסָּקֵל | yi-sā-qēl} ‘it is to be stoned’, presenting the communal capital penalty. The ordered sequence of condition, compensation, and penalty creates a balanced legal prescription.
Root and etymology
s-q-lsamekh–qof–lamed
“to stone”
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 21:32:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 21:32, so the Hebrew word יִסָּקֵֽל׃ (yissakel) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.32.W12.S1) and character.