Leviticus 15:24:13Lev.15.24.W13TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּ֥ב
asheryishkav
“on which he lies”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-yish-KAV
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-yish-KAAV
- IPA
- /ʔa.ˈʃer.jiʃ.ˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- on which he lies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
a-SHER-yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-yish-KAV a-LAV
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER-yish-KAV a-LAV yit-MA
- sentence
ve-IM sha-KHOV yish-KAV EESH o-TAH oo-te-HI nid-DA-TAH a-LAV ve-ta-ME shiv-AT ya-MEEM ve-KHOL-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER-yish-KAV a-LAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The parallel clause ve-kol-ha-mishkav-asher-yishkav-alav {וְכָל־הַמִּשְׁכָּב אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּב עָלָיו | wə-ḵāl ham-miš-kāv ʾă-šer-yiš-kav-ʿā-lāw} ‘and every bed on which he lies’ concludes with yitma {יִטְמָא | yiṯ-māʾ} ‘shall be unclean’. This structure preserves the formal legal progression, highlighting the intensification by the infinitive absolute and the sequential nature of Hebrew judicial pronouncements.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down; to have intercourse”
In context — Leviticus 15:24
And if a man lies with her, and her menstrual impurity becomes upon him, then he shall be unclean for seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 15:24, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּ֥ב (asheryishkav) 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.15.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.24.W13.S1) and character.