Exodus 22:5:2Exod.22.5.W2TABWLC Exodus 22:4
יַבְעֶר־אִישׁ֙
yavereesh
“a man causes to graze”
- Transliteration
- yav-er-EESH
- Extended
- yahv-ehr-EESH
- IPA
- /jav.ʕɛr.ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man causes to graze
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yav-er-EESH
- phraseyour reading level
KI yav-er-EESH
- clause
KI yav-er-EESH sa-DEH o-KHE-rem ve-shi-LAKH et-bee-RO oo-vi-ER bis-DEH a-KHER
- sentence
KI yav-er-EESH sa-DEH o-KHE-rem ve-shi-LAKH et-bee-RO oo-vi-ER bis-DEH a-KHER mei-TAV sa-DE-hu oo-mei-TAV kar-MO ye-sha-LEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional particle ki {כִּי | kî} ‘if,’ followed by the Hifil imperfect yavaʿer {יְבַעֵר | yə-va-ʿēr} ‘he lets graze; he causes to burn,’ marking a causative action.
Root and etymology
Rootbeth–ayin–resh
“to graze, burn, consume”
In context — Exodus 22:5
If a man lets his livestock graze in a field or vineyard and it strays into another person’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 22:5, so the Hebrew word יַבְעֶר־אִישׁ֙ (yavereesh) 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.22.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.5.W2.S1) and character.