Leviticus 22:4:21Lev.22.4.W21TAB
שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע׃
shikhvatzara
“emission of semen”
- Transliteration
- shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
- Extended
- shikh-VAHT-ZAA-RAH
- IPA
- /ʃixˈvat.ˈzaːraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- emission of semen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
- clause
veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
- sentence
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
Exegesis
The participial clause vehan-nogea be-khol-tamei-nefesh {וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ בְּכָל־טְמֵא־נֶ֔פֶשׁ | wə-han-nō-gē-ʿa bə-ḵol-tə-mē-ne-peš} specifies corpse impurity, and the relative clause asher-tetse mimennu shikhvat-zara {אֲשֶׁר־תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע | ʾă-šer-tê-ṣēʾ mim-me-nû šiḵ-bat-zā-raʿ} denotes semen emission, both extending the prohibition.
Root and etymology
z-r-r
“to be a stranger”
In context — Leviticus 22:4
Any man from the offspring of Aaron who is afflicted with a skin disease or has a discharge must not eat the holy things until he is clean. And anyone who touches anything unclean through contact with a dead person or a man with a semen emission must not eat them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:4:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Leviticus 22:4, so the Hebrew word שִׁכְבַת־זָֽרַע׃ (shikhvatzara) 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.22.4.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.4.W21.S1) and character.