Leviticus 19:20:6Lev.19.20.W6TAB
שִׁפְחָה֙
shifkha
“a slave woman”
- Transliteration
- shif-KHA
- Extended
- shif-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʃifˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a slave woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shif-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HI shif-KHA
- clause
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
- 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
Root and etymology
Rootsh-p-h
“female servant”
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 19:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 19:20, so the Hebrew word שִׁפְחָה֙ (shifkha) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.20.W6.S1) and character.