Exodus 22:1:3Exod.22.1.W3TABWLC Exodus 21:37
שׁ֣וֹר
shor
“an ox”
- Transliteration
- SHOR
- Extended
- SHOHR
- IPA
- /ˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- an ox
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHOR
- phraseyour reading level
SHOR oh-SEH
- clause
KEE yig-nov-EESH SHOR oh-SEH oo-teh-va-KHO OH meh-kha-RO
- 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
The disjunctive o {אוֹ | ʾô} presents alternative property between šôr {שׁוֹר | šôr} and ṣéh {שֶׂה | ṣéh}.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–vav–resh
“ox, bull”
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 22:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 22:1, so the Hebrew word שׁ֣וֹר (shor) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.1.W3.S1) and character.