Exodus 22:16:5Exod.22.16.W5TABWLC Exodus 22:15

לֹא־אֹרָ֖שָׂה

loohrasah

“not betrothed”

Transliteration: lo-oh-RA-sah
Extended: loh-oh-RAA-sah
IPA: /loː.ʔo.ˈraː.saː/

Meaning by language

English: not betrothed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לֹא + אֹ + רָ֖ + שָׂה

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lo + oh + ra + sah

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loohrasah

Alphabet Analysis

	Lamed	l as in law
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
lo-oh-RA-sah
phraseyour reading level
ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah
clause
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
sentence
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na LO le-ish-SHAH

Exegesis

The Piel imperfect yefatteh {יְפַתֶּה | yə-pat-teh} conveys deliberate persuasion, with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} as subject and betulah {בְּתוּלָה | bə-tū-lāh} as object, modified by the negative relative clause asher lo-orasah {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֹרָשָׂה | ʾă-šer lō-ʾō-rā-sāh} “who is not betrothed.”

In context — Exodus 22:16

And if a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he must surely pay the bride-price and she shall be his wife.

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 22:16, so the Hebrew word לֹא־אֹרָ֖שָׂה (loohrasah) 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.22.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.16.W5.S1) and character.

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