Exodus 21:32:4Exod.21.32.W4TAB
א֣וֹ
o
“or”
- Transliteration
- O
- Extended
- OH
- IPA
- /ˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
O
- phraseyour reading level
O a-MA
- 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 disjunctive ʾō-ʾāmah {אוֹ־אָמָה | ʾō-ʾā-māh} ‘or female slave’ coordinates with ʿê-ḇeḏ to include both genders.
Root and etymology
Rootyod-tsade-aleph
“go out, come forth”
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 21:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 21:32, so the Hebrew word א֣וֹ (o) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.32.W4.S1) and character.