Leviticus 15:6:3Lev.15.6.W3TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יֵשֵׁ֥ב
asheryeshev
“who sits”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ye-SHEV
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yeh-SHEHV
- IPA
- /ʔa.ʃɛr.je.ˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- who sits
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ye-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ye-SHEV a-LAV
- clause
ve-ha-yo-SHEV al-ha-ke-LI a-SHER-ye-SHEV a-LAV ha-ZAV
- sentence
ve-ha-yo-SHEV al-ha-ke-LI a-SHER-ye-SHEV a-LAV ha-ZAV ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-E-rev
Exegesis
The relative conjunction asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer} links to the participle yeshev {יֵשֵׁב֙ | yē-šêḇ} in a relative clause naming the contaminator, hazav {הַזָּב | ha-zāḇ}.
Root and etymology
y-sh-v
“to sit”
In context — Leviticus 15:6
Anyone who sits on the object on which a man with a discharge has sat shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 15:6, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יֵשֵׁ֥ב (asheryeshev) 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.15.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.6.W3.S1) and character.