Leviticus 18:16:6Lev.18.16.W6TAB
אָחִ֖יךָ
akhikha
“your brother”
- Transliteration
- a-KHI-kha
- Extended
- ah-KHEE-khah
- IPA
- /ʔaˈxiːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your brother
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-KHI-kha
- phraseyour reading level
er-VAT a-KHI-kha
- clause
er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U
- sentence
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha LO te-gal-LEH er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U
Exegesis
In the second clause, ervat akhicha {עֶרְוַ֥ת אָחִ֖יךָ | ʿer-vat ʾa-ḥî-kha} ‘the nakedness of your brother’ is followed by the pronoun hi {הִֽוא | hîʾ} ‘it is’, establishing equivalence and underscoring the offense against familial integrity. The repetition of ervat highlights the seriousness of the boundary, while the Piel stem of tegalleh emphasizes deliberate action within the holiness code.
Root and etymology
א־ח
“brother; relative”
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 18:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 18:16, so the Hebrew word אָחִ֖יךָ (akhikha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.16.W6.S1) and character.