Leviticus 15:26:2Lev.15.26.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
ashertishkav
“which she lies on”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-tish-KAV
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-tish-KAHV
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃer.tiʃˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- which she lies on
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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-tish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-tish-KAV a-LAV
- clause
kol-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER-tish-KAV a-LAV kol-yeh-MEH zo-VAH keh-mish-KAV ni-da-TAH yih-yeh-LAH
- sentence
kol-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER-tish-KAV a-LAV kol-yeh-MEH zo-VAH keh-mish-KAV ni-da-TAH yih-yeh-LAH ve-kol-ha-ke-LI a-SHER te-SHEV a-LAV ta-MEH yih-YEH ke-tum-AT ni-da-TAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the universal quantifier kol-hamishkav {כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּב | kāl-hammish·kāv} “every bed,” followed by the relative clause marker asher-tishkav-alav {אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁכַּב עָלָיו | ăšer-tish·kav-ʿalāyw} “which she lies on,” specifying the locus of the action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down; to have intercourse”
In context — Leviticus 15:26
Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like the bed of her menstruation, and every vessel on which she sits shall be unclean for her, as the uncleanness of her menstruation.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 15:26, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (ashertishkav) 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.15.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.26.W2.S1) and character.