Leviticus 18:22:4Lev.18.22.W4TAB
מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י
mishkevee
“beds of”
- Transliteration
- mish-ke-VEE
- Extended
- mish-ke-VEE
- IPA
- /miʃ.kəˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- beds of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mish-ke-VEE
- phraseyour reading level
mish-ke-VEE ish-SHAH
- 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 construct mishkavei ishah {מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה | miš-kə-vê iš-šāh} functions adverbially as a comparative idiom “as with the lyings of a woman,” specifying manner.
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 18:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 18:22, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י (mishkevee) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.22.W4.S1) and character.