Leviticus 15:32:7Lev.15.32.W7TAB
שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֖רַע
shikhvatzerah
“emission of semen”
- Transliteration
- shikh-vat-ZE-rah
- Extended
- shikh-vaht-ZEH-rah
- IPA
- /ʃixvatˈzɛ.raʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- emission of semen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shikh-vat-ZE-rah
- clause
va-a-SHER te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-vat-ZE-rah le-ta-me-AH-bah
- sentence
ZOT to-RAT ha-ZAV va-a-SHER te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-vat-ZE-rah le-ta-me-AH-bah
Exegesis
The construct chain shikhvat zera {שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע | šikhvat zeraʿ} ‘emission of seed’ serves as the subject of tetse, and le-tameah {לְטָמְאָה | lə-ṭāmāʾ} ‘for becoming unclean’ expresses the resultant state, with bah {בָּהּ | bāh} ‘in it’ referring back to the discharge. The structure moves from definition to rule to effect, characteristic of priestly legal style.
Root and etymology
z-r-ʿzayin–resh–ayin
“seed, sowing”
In context — Leviticus 15:32
This is the law concerning a man with a discharge , and concerning the one from whom seed is emitted, becoming defiled by it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 15:32, so the Hebrew word שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֖רַע (shikhvatzerah) 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.15.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.32.W7.S1) and character.