Leviticus 18:23:5Lev.18.23.W5TAB
וְאִשָּׁ֗ה
vehishah
“and a woman”
- Transliteration
- veh-i-SHAH
- Extended
- veh-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /wəʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a woman
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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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-i-SHAH
- clause
veh-i-SHAH loh-ta-ah-MOD lif-NEI veh-HEH-MAH leh-riv-AH TE-vel HU
- 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 second prohibition shifts to the feminine with ve'ishah lo ta'amod {וְאִשָּׁה לֹא תַעֲמֹד | vəʾīšāh lō taʿāmōḏ}, maintaining parallel syntax.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-shin-he
“woman, wife”
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 18:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְאִשָּׁ֗ה (vehishah) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.23.W5.S1) and character.