Exodus 21:4:11Exod.21.4.W11TAB
לַאדֹנֶ֖יהָ
laadonehhah
“for her master”
- Transliteration
- la-a-do-NEH-hah
- Extended
- lah-ah-doh-NEH-hah
- IPA
- /laʔa.doˈneha/
Meaning by language
- English
- for her master
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-a-do-NEH-hah
- phraseyour reading level
ti-he-YEH la-a-do-NEH-hah
- clause
ha-i-SHAH vi-lah-DEH-hah ti-he-YEH la-a-do-NEH-hah veh-HU ye-TSE ve-ga-PO
- sentence
IM-a-do-NAIV yi-TEN-lo i-SHAH veh-yal-DAH-loh ba-NIM O ba-NOT ha-i-SHAH vi-lah-DEH-hah ti-he-YEH la-a-do-NEH-hah veh-HU ye-TSE ve-ga-PO
Exegesis
The apodosis reestablishes the topic with the construct phrase ha-isha viyaldeha {הָאִשָּׁה וִילְדֶיהָ | hā-ʾish-shāh wiy-yal-de-hā} ‘the wife and her children’, followed by the imperfect tihyeh la-adoneha {תִּהְיֶה לַאדֹנֶיהָ | tih-yě-hē la-ʼă-ḏō-ně-hā} indicating legal belonging.
Root and etymology
א־ד־ן
“lord, master”
In context — Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 21:4, so the Hebrew word לַאדֹנֶ֖יהָ (laadonehhah) 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.21.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.4.W11.S1) and character.