Leviticus 18:20:1Lev.18.20.W1TAB
וְאֶל־אֵ֙שֶׁת֙
vehelehshet
“and to the wife of”
- Transliteration
- veh-el-EH-shet
- Extended
- veh-el-EH-shet
- IPA
- /və.ʔel.ˈʔeː.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the wife of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-el-EH-shet
- clause
veh-el-EH-shet ah-meet-KHAA loh-tih-TEN sheh-KHAV-teh-KHAA leh-ZAA-ra
- sentence
veh-el-EH-shet ah-meet-KHAA loh-tih-TEN sheh-KHAV-teh-KHAA leh-ZAA-ra leh-tah-meh-AA-vah
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinating preposition ve’el {וְאֶל־ | wə-ʾel} marking the indirect object.
The construct pair eshet amitekha {אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔ | ʾê-šeṯ ʿă-mîṯ-ḵā} ‘wife of your companion’ establishes relational boundaries.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-h
“woman; wife”
In context — Leviticus 18:20
And you shall not give your intimacy to the wife of your companion, to defile yourself with her.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:20, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ (vehelehshet) 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.18.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.20.W1.S1) and character.