Exodus 23:8:1Exod.23.8.W1TAB
וְשֹׁ֖חַד
veshokhad
“and a bribe”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHO-khad
- Extended
- veh-SHOH-khahd
- IPA
- /və.ˈʃoː.ħað/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a bribe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHO-khad
- clause
ve-SHO-khad LO tik-KAKH
- sentence
ve-SHO-khad LO tik-KAKH KI ha-SHO-khad ye-av-VER pik-KHEEM vee-sal-LEF div-REE tsa-di-KEEM
Root and etymology
shin-het-daletshin heth dalet
“bribe”
In context — Exodus 23:8
And you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and twists the words of the righteous.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 23:8, so the Hebrew word וְשֹׁ֖חַד (veshokhad) 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.23.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.8.W1.S1) and character.