Leviticus 20:10:3Lev.20.10.W3TAB
יִנְאַף֙
yinaf
“commits adultery”
- Transliteration
- yin-AF
- Extended
- yin-AHF
- IPA
- /jinˈʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- commits adultery
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yin-AF
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yin-AF
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yin-AF et-eh-SHET ISH a-SHER yin-AF et-eh-SHET reh-EH-hu
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yin-AF et-eh-SHET ISH a-SHER yin-AF et-eh-SHET reh-EH-hu MOHT-yu-MAT ha-no-EF ve-ha-no-a-FET
Exegesis
The verb yinaf {יִנְאַף | yi-nap̄} ‘commits adultery’ appears twice in parallel clauses with et-eshet {אֶת־אֵשֶׁת | ʾet-ʾe-šet} marking the direct object, linking yinaf to eshet ʾîš {אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ | ʾe-šet ʾîš} ‘the wife of a man’ and eshet reʿeihu {אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ | ʾe-šet re-ʿe-hu} ‘the wife of his neighbor’. This repetition underscores the severity of the offense.
Root and etymology
n-ʾ-pnun-aleph-pe
“to commit adultery”
In context — Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:10, so the Hebrew word יִנְאַף֙ (yinaf) 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.20.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.10.W3.S1) and character.