Deuteronomy 22:29:3Deut.22.29.W3TAB

הַשֹּׁכֵב

hashokev

who lay {with her}

Transliteration
ha-sho-KEV
Extended
hah-sho-KEEV
IPA
/haʃ.ʃoˈkeːv/

Meaning by language

English
who lay {with her}

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + שֹּׁ + כֵב
ha + sho + kev
hashokev

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-sho-KEV

  2. sentence

    ve-na-TAN ha-ISH ha-sho-KEV im-MAH la-a-VI ha-na-a-RA kha-mi-SHIM KE-sef ve-LO-TI-he-yeh le-i-SHA TA-khat a-SHER in-NAH LO-YU-khal shal-le-KHAH KOL-YA-mav

Exegesis

The participle hashokhev {הַשֹּׁכֵב | ha-š-šō-ḵēv} ‘who lays’ identifies the act of illicit intercourse, immediately followed by laavi hannaarah {לַאֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה | la-’ă-ḇî han-nā-‘ă-rāh} to specify the payment’s recipient.

Root and etymology

to lie down, have intercourse

In contextDeuteronomy 22:29

And the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty pieces of silver , and she shall be his wife because he violated her ; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 22:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 22:29, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁכֵב (hashokev) 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 Deut.22.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.29.W3.S1) and character.