Leviticus 15:4:1Lev.15.4.W1TAB
כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ב
kolhamishkav
“every bed”
- Transliteration
- kol-ha-mish-KAV
- Extended
- kohl-hah-mish-KAAV
- IPA
- /kol.ham.miʃˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- every bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-ha-mish-KAV
- clause
kol-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER yish-KAV a-LAV ha-ZAV yit-MA
- sentence
kol-ha-mish-KAV a-SHER yish-KAV a-LAV ha-ZAV yit-MA veh-kol-ha-KLEE a-SHER-yeh-SHEV a-LAV yit-MA
Exegesis
The Hebrew employs a repeated relative-clause introduced by kol {כָּל | kāl} “every,” binding mishkav {מִשְׁכָּב | miš-kāv} and keli {כְּלִי | ke-lî} into the legal scope.
Root and etymology
Rootš-k-b
“to lie down”
In context — Leviticus 15:4
Every bed on which the man with a discharge lies shall become unclean , and every object on which he sits shall become unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:4, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ב (kolhamishkav) 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.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.4.W1.S1) and character.