Leviticus 20:14:7Lev.20.14.W7TAB
הִ֑וא
hi
“it is”
- Transliteration
- HI
- Extended
- HEE
- IPA
- /hiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HI
- phraseyour reading level
zim-MAH HI
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yik-KAKH et-ISH-SHAH ve-et-im-MAH zim-MAH HI bah-ESH yis-re-FOO o-TO ve-et-HEN ve-LO-ti-HYEH zim-MAH beh-TOHK-khem
Exegesis
The noun zimmah {זִמָּ֣ה | zim-mah} is fronted and linked by hi {הִ֑וא | hîʾ}, forming a verbless predicate.
In context — Leviticus 20:14
And a man who takes a woman and her mother commits depravity ; with fire they shall burn him and them, so that such depravity will not be among you .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:14, so the Hebrew word הִ֑וא (hi) 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.20.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.14.W7.S1) and character.