Exodus 22:5:7Exod.22.5.W7TABWLC Exodus 22:4
וּבִעֵ֖ר
oovier
“grazes”
- Transliteration
- oo-vi-ER
- Extended
- oo-vee-EHR
- IPA
- /u.viˈʕeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- grazes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-vi-ER
- 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 conjunction ve-shillakh {וְשִׁלַּח | wə-šillāḥ} ‘and he lets loose’ leads into the resultant Hifil form u-vi-er {וּבִעֵר | u-vi-ʿēr} ‘and it grazes; and it burns,’ emphasizing cause and effect.
Root and etymology
b-'-rbet–ayin–resh
“to burn”
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 22:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 22:5, so the Hebrew word וּבִעֵ֖ר (oovier) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.5.W7.S1) and character.