Judges 21:11:8Judg.21.11.W8TAB
מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָ֖ר
mishkavzakhar
“lying of a male”
- Transliteration
- mish-kav-za-KHAR
- Extended
- mihsh-kahv-zah-KHAAR
- IPA
- /miʃˈkav.zaːˈχaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- lying of a male
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
mish-kav-za-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR
- clause
kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU
- sentence
ve-ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER ta-a-SU kol-za-KHAR ve-kol-i-SHA yo-DA-at mish-kav-za-KHAR ta-kha-ri-MU
Exegesis
The phrases kol-za-khar {כָּל־זָכָר | kól-zá-khar} ‘every male’ and ve-kol ishah yodat mishkav-zakhar {וְכָל־אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָר | wə-kól ish-šáh yô-dāʿ-át mish-ḵav-zá-khar} ‘and every woman who has known the lying with a male’ specify the full scope of those to be targeted.
Root and etymology
š-kh-bShin, Kaf, Bet
“to lie, recline”
In context — Judges 21:11
And this is the thing that you shall do: Every male and every woman who has known the lying with a male, you shall destroy .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 21:11, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָ֖ר (mishkavzakhar) 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 Judg.21.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.11.W8.S1) and character.