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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-ve-a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV
- 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-ʿ-lbet–ʿayin–lamed
“to own, possess”
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 21:34:6 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.