Exodus 21:35:2Exod.21.35.W2TAB
שֽׁוֹר־אִ֛ישׁ
shorish
“an ox of a man”
- Transliteration
- shor-ISH
- Extended
- shohr-EESH
- IPA
- /ʃoːr.ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- an ox of a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shor-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khee-yig-GOF shor-ISH
- clause
ve-khee-yig-GOF shor-ISH et-SHOR re-E-hu va-MET
- sentence
ve-khee-yig-GOF shor-ISH et-SHOR re-E-hu va-MET u-makh-RU et-ha-SHOR ha-KHAI ve-kha-TSU et-kas-PO ve-GAM et-ha-MET ye-khe-TSUN
Exegesis
The construct phrase shor-ʾîš {שׁוֹר־אִישׁ | šôr ʾîš} ‘ox-of-a-man’ establishes possession.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man, person”
In context — Exodus 21:35
And if a man’s ox strikes his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they shall sell the living ox and divide its price ; and they shall also divide the dead animal .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 21:35, so the Hebrew word שֽׁוֹר־אִ֛ישׁ (shorish) 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.21.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.35.W2.S1) and character.