Leviticus 20:16:3Lev.20.16.W3TAB
תִּקְרַ֤ב
tikrav
“approaches”
- Transliteration
- tik-RAV
- Extended
- tik-RAHV
- IPA
- /tiqˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- approaches
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tik-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER tik-RAV el-kol-be-he-MAH
- clause
veh-ISH-SHAH a-SHER tik-RAV el-kol-be-he-MAH leh-riv-AH o-TAH veh-hah-rag-TAA et-hah-ish-SHAH veh-et-hab-beh-heh-MAAH
- sentence
veh-ISH-SHAH a-SHER tik-RAV el-kol-be-he-MAH leh-riv-AH o-TAH veh-hah-rag-TAA et-hah-ish-SHAH veh-et-hab-beh-heh-MAAH MOT yoo-ma-TOO deh-mei-HEM BAHM
Exegesis
Tiqrav {תִּקְרַב | tiq-rāḇ} ‘approaches’ in Qal imperfect frames a conditional action.
In context — Leviticus 20:16
And a woman who approaches any animal for mating with it shall be killed—both the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:16, so the Hebrew word תִּקְרַ֤ב (tikrav) 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.20.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.16.W3.S1) and character.