Leviticus 18:9:5Lev.18.9.W5TAB
בַת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ
vatimekhkha
“your mother's daughter”
- Transliteration
- vat-i-MEKH-kha
- Extended
- vaht-ih-MEHKH-kha
- IPA
- /vaθ.ʔimˈmɛ.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your mother's daughter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vat-i-MEKH-kha
- phraseyour reading level
OH vat-i-MEKH-kha
- clause
er-VAT a-KHOT-kha vat-a-VEE-kha OH vat-i-MEKH-kha mo-LE-det BA-yit OH mo-LE-det KHUTS
- sentence
er-VAT a-KHOT-kha vat-a-VEE-kha OH vat-i-MEKH-kha mo-LE-det BA-yit OH mo-LE-det KHUTS LO te-gal-LEH er-va-TAN
Exegesis
The disjunction o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’ links bat-avikha {בַת־אָבִיךָ | baṯ-ʾā·vî-kha} and bat-ammikha {בַת־אִמֶּךָ | baṯ-ʾim·mē-kha}, specifying paternal versus maternal descent.
Root and etymology
Rootbet-tav
“daughter”
In context — Leviticus 18:9
The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born in the house or born outside, you shall not uncover their nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:9, so the Hebrew word בַת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ (vatimekhkha) 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.18.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.9.W5.S1) and character.