Leviticus 21:19:8Lev.21.19.W8TAB

שֶׁ֥בֶר

shever

injury of

Transliteration
SHE-ver
Extended
SHEH-vehr
IPA
/ˈʃɛ.vɛr/

Meaning by language

English
injury of

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Result
שֶׁ֥ + בֶר
she + ver
shever

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHE-ver

  2. phraseyour reading level

    SHE-ver YAD

  3. clause

    OH SHE-ver YAD

  4. sentence

    OH EESH a-SHER-yi-HYEH VO SHE-ver RA-gel OH SHE-ver YAD

Exegesis

The parallel expression shever regel {שֶׁבֶר רָגֶל | še-ver rā-gel} and shever yad {שֶׁבֶר יָד | še-ver yād}, joined by o {אוֹ | ʾô} ‘or’, establishes mutual exclusivity. The English ‘has a broken foot or hand’ conveys the Hebrew idiom while preserving natural syntax.

Root and etymology

Rootš-b-r

to break, fracture

In contextLeviticus 21:19

Or a man who has in him a broken foot or a broken hand .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 21:19, so the Hebrew word שֶׁ֥בֶר (shever) 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 Lev.21.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.19.W8.S1) and character.