Leviticus 15:18:3Lev.15.18.W3TAB
יִשְׁכַּ֥ב
yishkav
“lies with”
- Transliteration
- yish-KAV
- Extended
- yish-KAAV
- IPA
- /jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- lies with
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
ah-SHER yish-KAV ISH
- clause
veh-ih-SHAH ah-SHER yish-KAV ISH o-TAH shikh-VAT-ZA-ra
- sentence
veh-ih-SHAH ah-SHER yish-KAV ISH o-TAH shikh-VAT-ZA-ra veh-ra-kha-TSU va-MA-yim veh-tam-U ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ introduces the subordinate clause, with yiškav {יִשְׁכַּב | yiškav} ‘will lie’ (Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular) governing the man (ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’) and the direct object marker otah {אֹתָהּ | ʾō-ṭā(h)} ‘her’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down; to have intercourse”
In context — Leviticus 15:18
And a woman with whom a man lies in an emission of semen—both shall wash with water , and they shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:18, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁכַּ֥ב (yishkav) 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.15.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.18.W3.S1) and character.