Leviticus 15:26:6Lev.15.26.W6TAB
כְּמִשְׁכַּ֥ב
kehmishkav
“as the bed”
- Transliteration
- keh-mish-KAV
- Extended
- keh-mish-KAHV
- IPA
- /kəmiʃˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
keh-mish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
keh-mish-KAV ni-da-TAH
- 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 simile ke-mishkav-niddatah {כְּמִשְׁכַּב־נִדָּתָהּ | kə-mish·kāv-nid·dāh} “like a bed of her menstruation” frames the comparison.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down”
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 15:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:26, so the Hebrew word כְּמִשְׁכַּ֥ב (kehmishkav) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.26.W6.S1) and character.