Leviticus 18:7:4Lev.18.7.W4TAB
אִמְּךָ֖
imkha
“your mother”
- Transliteration
- IM-kha
- Extended
- IHM-khah
- IPA
- /ʔimˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-er-VAT IM-kha
- clause
er-VAT ah-VEE-kha ve-er-VAT IM-kha LO te-gal-LEH
- sentence
er-VAT ah-VEE-kha ve-er-VAT IM-kha LO te-gal-LEH IM-kha HI LO te-gal-LEH er-va-TAH
Exegesis
Hebrew employs a double parallel prohibition by repeating lo tegalleh {לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה | lōʾ tə-ḡal-leh} ‘you shall not uncover’ with the noun ervat {עֶרְוַ֥ת | ʿer-wāṯ} ‘nakedness’ first attached to avikha {אָבִ֛יךָ | ʾă-ḇî-kā} ‘your father’ and then to immekha {אִמְּךָ֖ | ʾim-mə-ḵā} ‘your mother’.
In context — Leviticus 18:7
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother . You shall not uncover her nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 18:7, so the Hebrew word אִמְּךָ֖ (imkha) 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.18.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.7.W4.S1) and character.