כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב

   ki-yish-KAV

   if lies with
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה

   ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH

   if lies with a woman
3. clause🔊 וְ֠אִישׁ כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֗רַע וְהִ֤וא שִׁפְחָה֙ נֶחֱרֶ֣פֶת לְאִ֔ישׁ וְהָפְדֵּה֙ לֹ֣א נִפְדָּ֔תָה א֥וֹ חֻפְשָׁ֖ה לֹ֣א נִתַּן־לָ֑הּ

   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

   and a man if lies with a woman sexual intercourse and she a slave woman to a man designated and the ransom not was redeemed or freedom not was given to her
4. sentence🔊 וְ֠אִישׁ כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֗רַע וְהִ֤וא שִׁפְחָה֙ נֶחֱרֶ֣פֶת לְאִ֔ישׁ וְהָפְדֵּה֙ לֹ֣א נִפְדָּ֔תָה א֥וֹ חֻפְשָׁ֖ה לֹ֣א נִתַּן־לָ֑הּ בִּקֹּ֧רֶת תִּהְיֶ֛ה לֹ֥א יוּמְת֖וּ כִּי־לֹ֥א חֻפָּֽשָׁה׃

   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

   and a man if lies with a woman sexual intercourse and she a slave woman to a man designated and the ransom not was redeemed or freedom not was given to her a penalty shall be not be put to death because not free

Exegesis

The verse opens with the coordinate expression ve’ish {וְ֠אִישׁ | ve’ish} “and a man” followed by the conditional particle ki {כִּי | kî}, establishing a protasis.

The Qal imperfect yishkav {יִשְׁכַּב | yiškav} “lies” with the direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} governs ishshah shikvat zera‘ {אִשָּׁה שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע | ʼiššāh šikḇat zera‘} as an idiom for sexual intercourse.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־כ־בsh-k-b

“to lie down”

• 🔊 מִשְׁכָּבmishkavbedLeviticus 15:4