Leviticus 20:17:2Lev.20.17.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִקַּ֣ח
asheryikakh
“who takes”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-yi-KAKH
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-ih-KAHKH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.jiˈqaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- who takes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-yi-KAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to bat-a-VIV OH bat-i-MO ve-ra-AH ET-er-va-TAH ve-HEE-tir-EH ET-er-va-TO KHE-sed HU ve-nikh-re-TOO le-eh-NEE be-NEY am-MAM
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to bat-a-VIV OH bat-i-MO ve-ra-AH ET-er-va-TAH ve-HEE-tir-EH ET-er-va-TO KHE-sed HU ve-nikh-re-TOO le-eh-NEE be-NEY am-MAM er-VAT a-KHO-to gil-LAH a-vo-NO yi-SA
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-yiqqakh {אֲשֶׁר־יִקַּ֣ח | ʾăšer-yiqqāḥ} ‘who takes’ sets a conditional prohibition.
In context — Leviticus 20:17
If a man takes his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace . They shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people; for he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 20:17, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִקַּ֣ח (asheryikakh) 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.20.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.17.W2.S1) and character.