ra.tsa describes boring a servant’s ear with an awl at the door or doorpost.

The attested use describes the lord’s action of boring a servant’s ear with an awl at the door or doorpost in Exodus 21:6.

1. Boring a servant’s ear with an awl · dominant

   In Exodus 21:6, the sequential perfect form occurs in the clause where the lord acts on the servant’s ear with an awl at the door or doorpost; the APB renders the clause “his lord shall bore his ear with the awl.”

   Exodus 21:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Exodus 21:6, the APB presents the action as “his lord shall bore his ear with the awl.” The verse is read as a whole, but this clause clearly situates the term in the stated action.