Exodus 23:12:11Exod.23.12.W11TAB
וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ
vakhamorekha
“and your donkey”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-mo-RE-kha
- Extended
- vah-khah-moh-REH-khah
- IPA
- /wa.ħa.mo.ˈrɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your donkey
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
va-kha-mo-RE-kha
- clause
leh-MA-an ya-NU-akh shor-KHA va-kha-mo-RE-kha ve-yin-na-FESH ben-a-MAT-kha ve-ha-GER
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-SE ma-a-SE-kha u-va-YOM hash-she-vi-EE tish-BOT leh-MA-an ya-NU-akh shor-KHA va-kha-mo-RE-kha ve-yin-na-FESH ben-a-MAT-kha ve-ha-GER
Exegesis
The preposition lemaan {לְמַעַן | ləmaʿan} “so that” governs a purpose clause specifying beneficiaries: the verbs yanuach {יָנֻחַ | yānûaḥ} “may rest” and veyinafesh {וְיִנָּפֵשׁ | vəyinnāphēš} “may be refreshed” attach to the construct chains shorkha vachamorekha {שׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמֹרֶךָ | šôrkâ vaḥammōrekâ} “your ox and your donkey” and ben-amatkha vehager {בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ וְהַגֵּר | ben-ʾămatkâ vəhaggēr} “son of your female-servant and the sojourner.” This syntax links Sabbath cessation to the welfare of animals and dependent humans, with alternating conjunctions and construct phrases reinforcing communal inclusion.
In context — Exodus 23:12
Six days you shall do your work , but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female-servant and the sojourner may be refreshed.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 23:12, so the Hebrew word וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ (vakhamorekha) 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.23.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.12.W11.S1) and character.