Exodus 21:36:12Exod.21.36.W12TAB
שַׁלֵּ֨ם
shalem
“surely”
- Transliteration
- sha-LEM
- Extended
- shah-LEHM
- IPA
- /ʃalˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LEM ye-sha-LEM
- clause
sha-LEM ye-sha-LEM SHOR ta-KHAT ha-SHOR ve-ha-MET yih-YEH-lo
- sentence
O no-DA KI SHOR na-GAKH HU mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM ve-LO yish-me-RE-noo be-a-LAV sha-LEM ye-sha-LEM SHOR ta-KHAT ha-SHOR ve-ha-MET yih-YEH-lo
Exegesis
The infinitive absolute plus imperfect shalem yishallem {שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם | šallēm yišallēm} ‘surely he shall pay’ intensifies the restitution directive.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“to complete, make whole”
In context — Exodus 21:36
But if it is known that the bull was a habitual gorer from yesterday or the day before yesterday, and its owner did not guard it , he must pay bull for bull, and the dead animal will be his.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:36:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 21:36, so the Hebrew word שַׁלֵּ֨ם (shalem) 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.21.36.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.36.W12.S1) and character.