Leviticus 18:16:2Lev.18.16.W2TAB
אֵֽשֶׁת־אָחִ֖יךָ
eshetakhikha
“wife of your brother”
- Transliteration
- e-SHET-a-KHI-kha
- Extended
- eh-shet-ah-KHEE-khah
- IPA
- /ʔeˈʃɛt.ʔaˈxiːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife of your brother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-SHET-a-KHI-kha
- phraseyour reading level
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha
- clause
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha LO te-gal-LEH
- sentence
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha LO te-gal-LEH er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U
Exegesis
The verse begins with the construct chain ervat {עֶרְוַ֥ת | ʿer-vat} ‘nakedness’ joined to eshet-akhikha {אֵֽשֶׁת־אָחִ֖יךָ | ʾe-šet-ʾă-ḥî-kha} ‘wife of your brother’ to form the legal subject.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman; wife”
In context — Leviticus 18:16
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is the nakedness of your brother.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 18:16, so the Hebrew word אֵֽשֶׁת־אָחִ֖יךָ (eshetakhikha) 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.18.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.16.W2.S1) and character.