Exodus 22:1:13Exod.22.1.W13TABWLC Exodus 21:37
וְאַרְבַּע־צֹ֖אן
veharbahtsohn
“and four sheep”
- Transliteration
- veh-ar-bah-TSOHN
- Extended
- veh-ar-bah-TSOHN
- IPA
- /wə.ʔar.baʕ.ˈtsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and four sheep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-ar-bah-TSOHN
- clause
kha-mi-SHA ba-KAR yeh-sha-LEM TA-khat ha-SHOR veh-ar-bah-TSOHN TA-khat ha-SEH
- sentence
KEE yig-nov-EESH SHOR oh-SEH oo-teh-va-KHO OH meh-kha-RO kha-mi-SHA ba-KAR yeh-sha-LEM TA-khat ha-SHOR veh-ar-bah-TSOHN TA-khat ha-SEH
Exegesis
Numeral phrases chamishah bā-qār {חֲמִשָּׁה בָקָר | ḥă-miš-šāh bā-qār} and wə-ʾar-bāʿ ṣôn {וְאַרְבַּע צֹאן | wə-ʾar-bāʿ ṣôn} establish the restitution ratios. This parallelism between imperfect and perfect verbal sequences yields a concise legal formula.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–aleph–nun
“flock”
In context — Exodus 22:1
If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five head of cattle instead of the ox and four sheep instead of the sheep.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Exodus 22:1, so the Hebrew word וְאַרְבַּע־צֹ֖אן (veharbahtsohn) 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.22.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.1.W13.S1) and character.