Leviticus 15:21:2Lev.15.21.W2TAB
בְּמִשְׁכָּבָ֑הּ
behmishkahvah
“her bed”
- Transliteration
- beh-mish-KAH-VAH
- Extended
- beh-mish-kah-VAAH
- IPA
- /bəmɪʃˈkaːvah/
Meaning by language
- English
- her bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
beh-mish-KAH-VAH
- clause
veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH beh-mish-KAH-VAH
- sentence
veh-khohl-ha-noh-geh-AH beh-mish-KAH-VAH yeh-kha-BES beh-GAH-DAAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-YEEM veh-ta-MEH ahd-ha-AA-rev
Exegesis
The prepositional construct bemishkavah {בְּמִשְׁכָּבָהּ | bə-miškā-ḇāh} ‘in her bed’ localizes the ritual contact.
Root and etymology
Rootš-k-b
“to lie down”
In context — Leviticus 15:21
And anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:21, so the Hebrew word בְּמִשְׁכָּבָ֑הּ (behmishkahvah) 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.15.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.21.W2.S1) and character.