Leviticus 18:23:1Lev.18.23.W1TAB
וּבְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֛ה
oovehkholbehhehmah
“and with any animal”
- Transliteration
- oo-veh-KHOL-beh-HEH-MAH
- Extended
- oo-veh-KHOHL-beh-HEH-MAAH
- IPA
- /u.və.xɔl.bə.heːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with any animal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-veh-KHOL-beh-HEH-MAH
- clause
oo-veh-KHOL-beh-HEH-MAH loh-ti-TEN she-KHAV-te-KHA leh-tahm-ah-VAH
- sentence
oo-veh-KHOL-beh-HEH-MAH loh-ti-TEN she-KHAV-te-KHA leh-tahm-ah-VAH veh-i-SHAH loh-ta-ah-MOD lif-NEI veh-HEH-MAH leh-riv-AH TE-vel HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the inclusive prohibitive conjunction uvechol {וּבְכָל־ | ūbəḵāl} ‘and with every’, linking two parallel commands.
The prepositional phrases lifnei behemah {לִפְנֵי בְּהֵמָ֛ה | lipnê bəhemāh} ‘before an animal’ and lerivah {לְרִבְעָהּ | ləriḇʿāh} ‘for copulation’ specify the illicit act.
Root and etymology
b-h-mbet-het-mem
“beast, animal”
In context — Leviticus 18:23
With any animal, you shall not have intercourse to defile yourself in it; nor shall a woman stand before an animal for mating; it is perversion .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:23, so the Hebrew word וּבְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֛ה (oovehkholbehhehmah) 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.18.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.23.W1.S1) and character.