Leviticus 20:18:11Lev.20.18.W11TAB
אֶת־מְק֣וֹר
etmekor
“source”
- Transliteration
- et-me-KOR
- Extended
- eht-meh-KOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.məˈqoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- source
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
et-me-KOR
- phraseyour reading level
et-me-KOR da-me-HA
- clause
ve-ISH a-sher-yish-KAV et-ish-SHAH da-VAH ve-gil-LAH et-er-va-TAH et-me-ko-RAH heh-eh-RAH ve-HI gil-le-TAH et-me-KOR da-me-HA
- sentence
ve-ISH a-sher-yish-KAV et-ish-SHAH da-VAH ve-gil-LAH et-er-va-TAH et-me-ko-RAH heh-eh-RAH ve-HI gil-le-TAH et-me-KOR da-me-HA ve-nikh-re-TU she-NEY-hem mik-KE-rev am-MAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} consistently marks each object, including ishah {אִשָּׁה | ʾîššāh} “woman” modified by the participle davah {דָּוָה | dāwāh} to denote ritual impurity.
A chiastic parallelism structures the uncovering verbs ve-gillah {וְגִלָּה | wə-gil-lāh} and gilletah {גִּלְּתָה | gil-lə-tāh}, centering on ervatah {עֶרְוָה | ʿerwāh} “nakedness” and mekor {מְקוֹר | məqôr} “source.”
The construct chain mekor dameha {מְקוֹר דָּמֶיהָ | məqôr dā-me-hā} links the “source” to “her blood,” emphasizing the flow imagery.
Root and etymology
RootMem-Qof-Resh
“source”
In context — Leviticus 20:18
And if a man lies with a woman who is menstruating, and he uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 20:18, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מְק֣וֹר (etmekor) 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.20.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.18.W11.S1) and character.