Leviticus 24:20:7Lev.24.20.W7TAB
שֵׁ֖ן
shen
“tooth”
- Transliteration
- SHEN
- Extended
- SHEHN
- IPA
- /ˈʃeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- tooth
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
SHEN
- clause
SHE-ver TA-khat SHE-ver A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN
- sentence
SHE-ver TA-khat SHE-ver A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM ba-a-DAM KEN yi-na-TEN BO
Exegesis
The triadic pattern shever {שֶׁ֚בֶר | šĕber} ‘fracture’ tachat {תַּ֣חַת | ṯaḥaṯ} ‘under’ shever {שֶׁ֔בֶר | šĕber} ‘fracture’, ayin {עַ֚יִן | ʿăyin} ‘eye’ tachat {תַּ֣חַת | ṯaḥaṯ} ‘under’ ayin {עַ֔יִן | ʿăyin} ‘eye’, shen {שֵׁ֖ן | šēn} ‘tooth’ tachat {תַּ֣חַת | ṯaḥaṯ} ‘under’ shen {שֵׁ֑ן | šēn} ‘tooth’ establishes exact equivalence.
Root and etymology
Rootshin, nun, nun
“tooth”
In context — Leviticus 24:20
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he causes an injury to a person , so it shall be inflicted upon him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 24:20, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֖ן (shen) 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.24.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.20.W7.S1) and character.