Leviticus 22:28:2Lev.22.28.W2TAB
אוֹ־שֶׂ֑ה
oseh
“or a sheep”
- Transliteration
- o-SEH
- Extended
- oh-SEH
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈsɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a sheep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-SEH
- 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
samekh-heh-hehs-h-h
“lamb”
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 22:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 22:28, so the Hebrew word אוֹ־שֶׂ֑ה (oseh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.28.W2.S1) and character.