Leviticus 18:13:5Lev.18.13.W5TAB
כִּֽי־שְׁאֵ֥ר
kisheher
“because close relative”
- Transliteration
- ki-sheh-ER
- Extended
- KEE-SHEH-EHR
- IPA
- /kiː.ʃəˈʔeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- because close relative
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ki-sheh-ER
- phraseyour reading level
ki-sheh-ER im-me-KHAA
- clause
ki-sheh-ER im-me-KHAA HEE
- sentence
er-VAT a-khot-im-me-KHAA LO te-gal-LEH ki-sheh-ER im-me-KHAA HEE
Exegesis
The explanatory conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause in which she’er {שְׁאֵר | še-ʾer} ‘close relative’ is predicated of imməḵā {אִמְּךָ | ʾimməḵā} ‘your mother’ via the pronoun hûʾ {הִוא | hûʾ} ‘she’. The structure emphasizes the specific familial boundary established by the legislation and is preserved by maintaining the order and terms of the construct chain in English.
Root and etymology
š-’-rshin-aleph-resh
“flesh, blood relative”
In context — Leviticus 18:13
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:13, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שְׁאֵ֥ר (kisheher) 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.18.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.13.W5.S1) and character.