Exodus 21:35:9Exod.21.35.W9TAB

וְחָצ֥וּ

vekhatsu

they shall divide

Transliteration
ve-kha-TSU
Extended
veh-khah-TSOO
IPA
/wə.ħaːˈtsuː/

Meaning by language

English
they shall divide

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + חָ + צ֥וּ
ve + kha + tsu
vekhatsu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-kha-TSU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-kha-TSU et-kas-PO

  3. clause

    u-makh-RU et-ha-SHOR ha-KHAI ve-kha-TSU et-kas-PO ve-GAM et-ha-MET ye-khe-TSUN

  4. 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 contextExodus 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 21:35:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 21:35, so the Hebrew word וְחָצ֥וּ (vekhatsu) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.35.W9.S1) and character.