Exodus 22:10:6Exod.22.10.W6TABWLC Exodus 22:9

אוֹ־שֶׂ֛ה

ohseh

“or a sheep”

Transliteration: oh-SEH
Extended: oh-SEH
IPA: /ʔoː.ˈsɛ/

Meaning by language

English: or a sheep

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אוֹ + שֶׂ֛ה

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oh + seh

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ohseh

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
oh-SEH
phraseyour reading level
kha-MOR oh-SHOR oh-SEH
clause
ki-yit-TEN EESH el-re-EH-hoo kha-MOR oh-SHOR oh-SEH ve-khol-be-he-MA lish-MOR
sentence
ki-yit-TEN EESH el-re-EH-hoo kha-MOR oh-SHOR oh-SEH ve-khol-be-he-MA lish-MOR oo-MET oh-nish-BAR oh-nish-BA EN ro-EH

Exegesis

A series of disjunctive o {אוֹ | o} ‘or’ links the Nifal perfect verbs umet {וּמֵת | umet} ‘it died’, nishbar {נִשְׁבַּר | nishbar} ‘it was broken’, and nishbah {נִשְׁבָּה | nishbah} ‘it was taken away’, enumerating adverse outcomes.

In context — Exodus 22:10

If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal for safekeeping , and it dies, or is broken, or is taken away while no one is watching :

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 22:10, so the Hebrew word אוֹ־שֶׂ֛ה (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.22.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.10.W6.S1) and character.

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