Leviticus 20:11:3Lev.20.11.W3TAB
יִשְׁכַּב֙
yishkav
“lies with”
- Transliteration
- yish-KAV
- Extended
- yish-KAHV
- IPA
- /jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- lies with
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yish-KAV
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-EH-shet a-VIV er-VAT a-VIV gi-LAH
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-EH-shet a-VIV er-VAT a-VIV gi-LAH moht-yoo-MET-oo sheh-NEI-hem de-MEI-hem BAM
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} 'who' introduces yishkav {יִשְׁכַּב | yiškav} 'lies down' together with the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} preceding the noun phrase eshet aviv {אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו | ʾêšet ʾāḇîw} 'the wife of his father.' The construct phrase ervat aviv {עֶרְוַת אָבִיו | ʿerwâṯ ʾāḇîw} 'the nakedness of his father' specifies the illicit relation.
Root and etymology
Rootshin kaf bet
“to lie down”
In context — Leviticus 20:11
And if a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness . They shall surely be put to death, both of them; their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:11, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁכַּב֙ (yishkav) 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.20.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.11.W3.S1) and character.