Exodus 21:34:6Exod.21.34.W6TAB

לִבְעָלָ֑יו

livealav

to its owner

Transliteration
li-ve-a-LAV
Extended
lih-veh-ah-LAAV
IPA
/li.və.ʕaˈlaːw/

Meaning by language

English
to its owner

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Result
לִ + בְ + עָ + לָ֑יו
li + ve + a + lav
livealav

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    li-ve-a-LAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV

  3. clause

    BA-al ha-BOR ye-shal-LEM KE-sef ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV

  4. 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-ʿ-lbet–ʿayin–lamed

to own, possess

In contextExodus 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 21:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 21:34, so the Hebrew word לִבְעָלָ֑יו (livealav) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.34.W6.S1) and character.