Leviticus 20:13:4Lev.20.13.W4TAB
אֶת־זָכָר֙
etzakhar
“with a male”
- Transliteration
- et-za-KHAR
- Extended
- et-zah-KHAAR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.zaˈxaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a male
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-za-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The imperfect verb yish-kav {יִשְׁכַּב | yiš-ḵav} ‘lies down’ takes the accusative preposition et {אֶת־ | ʾet} plus zakhar {זָכָר | zā-ḵār} ‘male’ as its direct object.
In context — Leviticus 20:13
And a man who lies with a male as with a woman has committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death, and their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־זָכָר֙ (etzakhar) 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.20.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W4.S1) and character.