Exodus 21:34:2Exod.21.34.W2TAB
הַבּוֹר֙
habor
“the pit”
- Transliteration
- ha-BOR
- Extended
- hah-BOHR
- IPA
- /haˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the pit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-BOR
- phraseyour reading level
BA-al ha-BOR
- clause
BA-al ha-BOR ye-shal-LEM KE-sef ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV
- sentence
BA-al ha-BOR ye-shal-LEM KE-sef ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV ve-ha-MET yih-yeh-LO
Exegesis
The clause begins with the conjunctive prefix u- introducing baʿal {בַּעַל | ba-ʿăl} ‘owner’ in construct with habor {הַבּוֹר | ha-bôr} ‘pit’.
Root and etymology
b-v-rbet–vav–resh
“pit, cistern”
In context — Exodus 21:34
The owner of the pit must pay silver to the animal’s owner, and the dead animal will be his.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 21:34, so the Hebrew word הַבּוֹר֙ (habor) 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.21.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.34.W2.S1) and character.