Leviticus 18:22:3Lev.18.22.W3TAB
תִשְׁכַּ֖ב
tishkav
“lie”
- Transliteration
- tish-KAV
- Extended
- tish-KAAV
- IPA
- /tiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- lie
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
LO tish-KAV
- 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
š-k-bshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down, to have intercourse”
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 18:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:22, so the Hebrew word תִשְׁכַּ֖ב (tishkav) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.22.W3.S1) and character.