Leviticus 18:12:7Lev.18.12.W7TAB
הִֽוא׃
hi
“she”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /hiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
HI
- clause
she-ER a-vi-KHA HI
- sentence
er-VAT a-KHOT-a-vi-KHA LO te-gal-LEH she-ER a-vi-KHA HI
Exegesis
The appositive she’er-avikha {שְׁאֵ֥ר אָבִ֖יךָ | she!’er-ʾa·ḇî·ḵā} ‘flesh of your father’ functions as an emphatic clarification, and hi {הִֽוא | hî} serves as the copula. In translation, Hebrew construct chains are rendered with English possessives to preserve the legal structure, and the appositive is set off by a semicolon to reflect the explanatory force of the original syntax.
In context — Leviticus 18:12
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is the flesh of your father.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:12, so the Hebrew word הִֽוא׃ (hi) 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.18.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.12.W7.S1) and character.