Exodus 21:35:6Exod.21.35.W6TAB
וּמָ֨כְרוּ֙
umakhru
“they shall sell”
- Transliteration
- u-makh-RU
- Extended
- oo-mahkh-ROO
- IPA
- /u.maːxˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they shall sell
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-makh-RU
- clause
u-makh-RU et-ha-SHOR ha-KHAI ve-kha-TSU et-kas-PO ve-GAM et-ha-MET ye-khe-TSUN
- 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
A vav consecutive sequence (va-met {וָמֵת | wāmêṯ}, u-machru {וּמָכְרוּ | ū-māḵərū}, ve-chatsu {וְחָצוּ | wə-ḥāṣû}) narrates the fatality of the ox, the sale of the live ox, and the division actions.
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 21:35:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 21:35, so the Hebrew word וּמָ֨כְרוּ֙ (umakhru) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.35.W6.S1) and character.