Leviticus 15:5:3Lev.15.5.W3TAB
יִגַּ֖ע
yiga
“touch”
- Transliteration
- yi-GA
- Extended
- yi-GAH
- IPA
- /ji.ˈɡaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- touch
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-GA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yi-GA
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-mish-KA-vo
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-mish-KA-vo ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
In yigga‘ {יִגַּע | yig-gā‘} ‘touches’, the Qal imperfect conveys a habitual or potential action.
In context — Leviticus 15:5
And a man who touches his bed shall wash his clothes , and bathe in water , and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:5, so the Hebrew word יִגַּ֖ע (yiga) 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.15.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.5.W3.S1) and character.