Leviticus 15:5:4Lev.15.5.W4TAB
בְּמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ
bemishkavo
“his bed”
- Transliteration
- be-mish-KA-vo
- Extended
- beh-mish-KAA-voh
- IPA
- /bə.miʃ.ˈkaː.voː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-mish-KA-vo
- 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
The prepositional phrase bemishkavo {בְּמִשְׁכָּבוֹ | bə-miškā-vō} ‘in his bed’ specifies the location of impurity.
Root and etymology
Rootš-k-b
“to lie down”
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 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:5, so the Hebrew word בְּמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ (bemishkavo) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.5.W4.S1) and character.