Leviticus 19:20:17Lev.19.20.W17TAB
תִּהְיֶ֛ה
tihyeh
“shall be”
- Transliteration
- tih-YEH
- Extended
- tih-YEH
- IPA
- /tihˈje/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tih-YEH
- phraseyour reading level
bi-KO-ret tih-YEH
- clause
bi-KO-ret tih-YEH lo yoom-TU ki-lo khoo-PAH-shah
- sentence
ve-ISH ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH shikh-vat-ZE-ra ve-HI shif-KHA ne-khe-RE-fet le-ISH ve-haf-DEH lo nif-da-TAH o khoof-SHAH lo ni-TAN-lah bi-KO-ret tih-YEH lo yoom-TU ki-lo khoo-PAH-shah
Exegesis
The apodosis features bikoret tihyeh lo yumetu {בִּקֹּרֶת תִּהְיֶה לֹא יוּמְתּוּ | biqqōreṯ tihyēh lo yūməṯû} “a penalty must be imposed; they shall not be put to death,” with the rationale ki lo khupshah {כִּי־לֹא חֻפָּשָׁה | kî lo ḥupšāh} “because she is not free.”
In context — Leviticus 19:20
And if a man lies with a female slave who is promised to another man, but she has neither been redeemed nor granted freedom, a penalty shall be imposed ; they shall not be put to death, because she is not free.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 19:20, so the Hebrew word תִּהְיֶ֛ה (tihyeh) 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.19.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.20.W17.S1) and character.