Exodus 21:33:9Exod.21.33.W9TAB
וְנָֽפַל־שָׁ֥מָּה
venafalshamah
“and falls there”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-fal-SHA-mah
- Extended
- veh-nah-fahl-SHAA-mah
- IPA
- /wənaˈfal.ˈʃam.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and falls there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-fal-SHA-mah
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-fal-SHA-mah SHOR
- clause
ve-na-fal-SHA-mah SHOR O kha-MOR
- sentence
ve-khi-yif-TAKH ISH BOR o-ki-yikh-REH ISH BOR ve-LO ye-khas-SE-noo ve-na-fal-SHA-mah SHOR O kha-MOR
Exegesis
The apodosis begins with the vav-consecutive perfect venafal {וְנָפַל | wə-nā-pal} ‘and falls’, followed by the locative shamah {שָׁמָּה | šā-mā(h)} ‘there’ and the disjunctive list shor {שׁוֹר | šôr} ‘ox’ and chamor {חֲמוֹר | ḥa-môr} ‘donkey’. The balanced protasis–apodosis structure conveys a legal condition and its consequence.
In context — Exodus 21:33
And if a man opens a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 21:33, so the Hebrew word וְנָֽפַל־שָׁ֥מָּה (venafalshamah) 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.21.33.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.33.W9.S1) and character.