Leviticus 20:15:5Lev.20.15.W5TAB
בִּבְהֵמָ֖ה
bivehhemaa
“with an animal”
- Transliteration
- bi-VEH-HE-MAA
- Extended
- bi-VEH-HEH-MAA
- IPA
- /bi.ve.he.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with an animal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-VEH-HE-MAA
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO bi-VEH-HE-MAA MOHT yu-MAT
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO bi-VEH-HE-MAA MOHT yu-MAT veh-et-ha-be-HE-MAA ta-ha-RO-goo
Exegesis
The phrase bivehema {בִּבְהֵמָה | bivhēmâh} designates the illicit partner.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–he–mem
“animal”
In context — Leviticus 20:15
And any man who lies with an animal must be put to death , and you must kill the animal.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 20:15, so the Hebrew word בִּבְהֵמָ֖ה (bivehhemaa) 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.20.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.15.W5.S1) and character.