Leviticus 18:22:1Lev.18.22.W1TAB
וְאֶ֨ת־זָכָ֔ר
vehetzakhar
“and with a male”
- Transliteration
- veh-et-za-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-eht-zah-KHAAR
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛt.zaˈxaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with a male
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-et-za-KHAR
- clause
veh-et-za-KHAR LO tish-KAV mish-ke-VEE ish-SHAH
- sentence
veh-et-za-KHAR LO tish-KAV mish-ke-VEE ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH HI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction ve’et {וְאֶת | vəʾ-ʔĕṯ} marking a direct object, immediately followed by zakhar {זָכָר | zā-khar} in fronted position to highlight “male” before the prohibitive verb lo tishkav {לֹא תִשְׁכַּב | lō tiš-kăv}, which employs the Qal imperfect in VSO order for a sustained negative command.
Root and etymology
z-k-rzayin-kaf-resh
“male”
In context — Leviticus 18:22
And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:22, so the Hebrew word וְאֶ֨ת־זָכָ֔ר (vehetzakhar) 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.18.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.22.W1.S1) and character.