Exodus 21:34:7Exod.21.34.W7TAB
וְהַמֵּ֖ת
vehamet
“and the dead animal”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-MET
- Extended
- veh-hah-MEHT
- IPA
- /və.hamˈmeːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the dead animal
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-MET
- clause
ve-ha-MET yih-yeh-LO
- sentence
BA-al ha-BOR ye-shal-LEM KE-sef ya-SHIV li-ve-a-LAV ve-ha-MET yih-yeh-LO
Exegesis
The coordinating ve- introduces vehamet {וְהַמֵּת | wə-ha-mêt} ‘and the dead one’, concluding with yihyeh-lo {יִהְיֶה־לוֹ | yi-hyêh-lo} ‘shall be to him’. The parallel structure underscores the legal pattern of restitution followed by property transfer characteristic of casuistic law in Exodus.
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 21:34:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 21:34, so the Hebrew word וְהַמֵּ֖ת (vehamet) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.34.W7.S1) and character.