Leviticus 15:17:5Lev.15.17.W5PAT
שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע
shikhvatzara
“the emission of semen”
- Transliteration
- shikh-VAT-ZA-ra
- Extended
- shikh-VAHT-ZAA-ra
- IPA
- /ʃix.ˈvat.ˈzaː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- the emission of semen
- French
- l'émission de semence
- Spanish
- la emisión de semen
- Portuguese
- a emissão de sêmen
- German
- Samenfluss
- Russian
- истечение семени
- Arabic-Simplified
- خروج المني
- Hindi
- वीर्य का स्राव
- Chinese-Simplified
- 精液的流出
- Korean
- 정액의 배출
- Indonesian
- keluarnya air mani
- Bengali
- বীর্যপাত
- Tagalog
- paglabas ng semilya
- Swahili
- mwagiko wa shahawa
- Amharic
- የዘር ፍሳሽ
- Yoruba
- itujade àtọ́
- Igbo
- mwepụta nke mkpụrụ ọmụmụ
- Twi
- sɛmen a ɛfiri
- Ewe
- mepɛpɛta ɖe 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
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra
- sentence
ve-KHOL-BE-ged ve-KHOL-OR a-SHER-YIH-YEH a-LAV shikh-VAT-ZA-ra ve-KHOO-BAS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-AH-rev
In context — Leviticus 15:17
and every garment and every skin which will be on it the emission of semen and shall be washed in water and unclean until the evening
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 15:17, so the Hebrew word שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע (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.15.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.17.W5.S1) and character.