Leviticus 20:18:2Lev.20.18.W2TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב
asheryishkav
“lies with”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-yish-KAV
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yihsh-KAHV
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- lies with
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-yish-KAV et-ish-SHAH
- 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 relative clause asher-yishkav {אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּב | ʾăšer yiškav} qualifies “a man,” framing the sexual act as a conditional action.
Root and etymology
Rootshin kaf bet
“to lie down”
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 20:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 20:18, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב (asheryishkav) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.18.W2.S1) and character.