Leviticus 20:12:3Lev.20.12.W3TAB
יִשְׁכַּב֙
yishkav
“lies with”
- Transliteration
- yish-KAV
- Extended
- yish-KAAV
- 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-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem TE-vel a-SU de-MEI-hem BAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ qualifies the subject, leading to the imperfect verb yishkav {יִשְׁכַּב֙ | yiš-kav} ‘lies down’ with the direct object phrase et-kallato {אֶת־כַּלָּת֔וֹ | ʾet kal-lā-to} ‘his daughter-in-law’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin kaf bet
“to lie down”
In context — Leviticus 20:12
Any man who lies with his daughter-in-law shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion , and their blood shall be upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:12, 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.20.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.12.W3.S1) and character.