Leviticus 15:20:3Lev.15.20.W3TAB
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב
tishkav
“lies down”
- Transliteration
- tish-KAV
- Extended
- tish-KAAV
- IPA
- /tiʃˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- lies down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
tish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
veh-KOL a-SHER tish-KAV a-LAV
- clause
veh-KOL a-SHER tish-KAV a-LAV be-NID-dah-TAH yit-MA
- sentence
veh-KOL a-SHER tish-KAV a-LAV be-NID-dah-TAH yit-MA veh-KOL a-SHER-te-SHEV a-LAV yit-MA
Exegesis
Two parallel Qal imperfect verbs, tishkav {תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב | ti-škaḇ} ‘lies down’ and teshev {תֵּשֵׁ֥ב | te-šēḇ} ‘sits’, describe ongoing actions during the state of impurity.
Root and etymology
sh-k-vshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down”
In context — Leviticus 15:20
And everything upon which she lies during her menstrual impurity becomes unclean , and everything upon which she sits also becomes unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:20, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב (tishkav) 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.15.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.20.W3.S1) and character.