Exodus 22:1:4Exod.22.1.W4TABWLC Exodus 21:37
אֽוֹ־שֶׂ֔ה
ohseh
“or a sheep”
- Transliteration
- oh-SEH
- Extended
- oh-SEH
- IPA
- /ʔoː.ˈsɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a sheep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oh-SEH
- 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}.
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 22:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 22:1, so the Hebrew word אֽוֹ־שֶׂ֔ה (ohseh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.1.W4.S1) and character.