Leviticus 15:23:7Lev.15.23.W7TAB
יֹשֶֽׁבֶת־עָלָ֖יו
yohshehvehtahlav
“is sitting on it”
- Transliteration
- yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV
- Extended
- yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /joˈʃɛ.vɛt.ʕaˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- is sitting on it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
ah-SHER-HI yoh-SHEH-veht-ah-LAV
- 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 relative clause is formed by asher-hi {אֲשֶׁר־הִיא | ʾă-šer-hîʾ} 'which' linking to the participle yoshevet-alav {יֹשֶׁבֶת־עָלָיו | yō-še-vet-ʿā-lāv} 'is sitting on it'.
Root and etymology
y-sh-v
“to sit”
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 15:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 15:23, so the Hebrew word יֹשֶֽׁבֶת־עָלָ֖יו (yohshehvehtahlav) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.23.W7.S1) and character.