Exodus 22:14:4Exod.22.14.W4TABWLC Exodus 22:13
רֵעֵ֖הוּ
reehoo
“his neighbor”
- Transliteration
- re-E-hoo
- Extended
- reh-EH-hoo
- IPA
- /reː.ˈʕeː.hu/
Meaning by language
- English
- his neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-E-hoo
- phraseyour reading level
me-IM re-E-hoo
- clause
ve-khi-yish-AL EESH me-IM re-E-hoo ve-nish-BAR o-MET
- sentence
ve-khi-yish-AL EESH me-IM re-E-hoo ve-nish-BAR o-MET be-a-LAV een-im-MO sha-LEM ye-sha-LEM
Exegesis
The imperfect verb yish’al {יִשְׁאַל־ | yiš-ʾal} ‘he borrows’ takes the indefinite subject ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘a man’ and the construct phrase me-ʿim reʿ-ē-hû {מֵעִם רֵעֵהוּ | mē-ʿim reʿ-ē-hû} ‘from his neighbor’, underscoring social obligation.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–he
“associate, companion”
In context — Exodus 22:14
And if a man borrows something from his neighbor and it is broken or dies while the owner is not present, he must make restitution .
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 22:14, so the Hebrew word רֵעֵ֖הוּ (reehoo) 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.22.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.14.W4.S1) and character.