Leviticus 20:13:5Lev.20.13.W5TAB
מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י
mishkevei
“beds of”
- Transliteration
- mish-ke-VEI
- Extended
- mish-ke-VEH
- IPA
- /miʃkəˈveːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- beds of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mish-ke-VEI
- phraseyour reading level
mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH
- 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 construct chain mish-kevei ish-shah {מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה | miš-kə-vê ʾîš-šāh} ‘lyings of a woman’ defines the normative sexual pattern.
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 20:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 20:13, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י (mishkevei) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W5.S1) and character.