Leviticus 15:23:2Lev.15.23.W2TAB
עַֽל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֜ב
ahlhahmishkav
“on the bed”
- Transliteration
- ahl-hah-mish-KAV
- Extended
- ahl-hah-mish-KAAV
- IPA
- /ʕal.hammiʃˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ahl-hah-mish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
veh-IM ahl-hah-mish-KAV
- clause
veh-IM ahl-hah-mish-KAV HU O ahl-hah-KLI ah-SHER-HI yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV beh-nah-GEH-oh-VOH
- sentence
veh-IM ahl-hah-mish-KAV HU O ahl-hah-KLI ah-SHER-HI yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV beh-nah-GEH-oh-VOH yit-MAA ad-hah-A-rev
Exegesis
The conditional particle veim {וְאִם | və-ʾim} 'and if' introduces a protasis structuring the legal scenario, while the bound prepositional phrases al-hamishkav {עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּב | ʿal-ham-miškāv} 'upon the bed' and al-hakheli {עַל־הַכְּלִי | ʿal-hak-ke-lî} 'upon the object' specify the location.
Root and etymology
ש־כ־בshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down”
In context — Leviticus 15:23
And if it is upon the bed or upon the object on which she is sitting, when someone touches it, he will be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:23, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֜ב (ahlhahmishkav) 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.15.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.23.W2.S1) and character.