Leviticus 22:28:1Lev.22.28.W1TAB
וְשׁ֖וֹר
veshor
“and an ox”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHOR
- Extended
- veh-SHOHR
- IPA
- /wəˈʃoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and an ox
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHOR
- clause
ve-SHOR o-SEH
- sentence
ve-SHOR o-SEH o-TO ve-ET-be-NO LO tish-kha-TU be-YOM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The clause opens with the coordinated subjects veshor {וְשׁ֖וֹר | wə-šôr} ‘and an ox’ and o se {אוֹ־שֶׂ֑ה | ʼō-śeh} ‘or a sheep’, emphasizing that the prohibition applies equally to both animals.
Root and etymology
shin-waw-reshs-w-r
“ox”
In context — Leviticus 22:28
And an ox or a sheep—you shall not slaughter it and its young on the same day .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:28, so the Hebrew word וְשׁ֖וֹר (veshor) 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.22.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.28.W1.S1) and character.