Leviticus 15:17:3Lev.15.17.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֥ה
asheryihyeh
“that will be”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-YIH-YEH
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-YIH-YEH
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈʃɛr.ˈjiħ.ˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that will be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
a-SHER-YIH-YEH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV
- clause
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra
- sentence
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra veh-khoo-BAS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-AH-rev
Exegesis
The relative clause ašer yihyēh ʿalayv šikhvat-zāraʿ {אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה עָלָיו שִׁכְבַת־זָרַע | ʾa-šer yiḥ-yēh ʿa-lāv šikh-vat-zā-raʿ} ‘which has an emission of seed upon it’ sets the condition for defilement, with the Qal imperfect yihyēh indicating a resultant state.
In context — Leviticus 15:17
And every garment and every leather which has semen upon it shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֥ה (asheryihyeh) 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.15.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.17.W3.S1) and character.