Leviticus 18:8:6Lev.18.8.W6TAB
אָבִ֖יךָ
aveekha
“your father”
- Transliteration
- a-VEE-kha
- Extended
- ah-VEE-khah
- IPA
- /ʔaˈviːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your father
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-VEE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
er-VAT a-VEE-kha
- clause
er-VAT a-VEE-kha HI
- sentence
er-VAT eh-shet-a-VEE-kha LO teh-gal-LEH er-VAT a-VEE-kha HI
Exegesis
The closing clause ervat avikha hi {עֶרְוַת אָבִיךָ הִוא | ʿer-wat a-vī-kha hu} uses an emphatic pronoun to equate the wife’s exposure with the father’s own nakedness, reinforcing familial hierarchy. In translation, the construct relationship is mirrored with “of,” and the emphatic copula “it is” preserves the force of Hebrew hi.
Root and etymology
ʾ-bAleph-Bet
“father, ancestor”
In context — Leviticus 18:8
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is the nakedness of your father.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 18:8, so the Hebrew word אָבִ֖יךָ (aveekha) 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.18.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.8.W6.S1) and character.