Leviticus 18:20:2Lev.18.20.W2TAB
עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔
ahmeetkhaa
“your neighbor”
- Transliteration
- ah-meet-KHAA
- Extended
- ah-meet-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕa.miːt.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ah-meet-KHAA
- 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 construct pair eshet amitekha {אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔ | ʾê-šeṯ ʿă-mîṯ-ḵā} ‘wife of your companion’ establishes relational boundaries.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-t
“companion; associate”
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 18:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 18:20, so the Hebrew word עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔ (ahmeetkhaa) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.20.W2.S1) and character.