Leviticus 18:16:2Lev.18.16.W2PAT
אֵֽשֶׁת־אָחִ֖יךָ
eshetakhikha
“of your brother's wife”
- Transliteration
- e-SHET-a-KHI-kha
- Extended
- EH-shet-ah-KHEE-khah
- IPA
- /ʔeˈʃɛt.ʔaˈxiːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- of your brother's wife
- French
- de la femme de ton frère
- Spanish
- de la esposa de tu hermano
- Portuguese
- da esposa do teu irmão
- German
- deines Bruders Frau
- Russian
- жена твоего брата
- Arabic-Simplified
- زوجة أخيك
- Hindi
- तेरे भाई की पत्नी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 你兄弟的妻子
- Korean
- 네 형제의 아내
- Indonesian
- istri saudara laki-lakimu
- Bengali
- তোমার ভাইয়ের স্ত্রী
- Tagalog
- asawa ng iyong kapatid na lalaki
- Swahili
- mke wa kaka yako
- Amharic
- የወንድምህ ሚስት
- Yoruba
- aya arákùnrin rẹ
- Igbo
- nwunye nwanne gị nwoke
- Twi
- wo nua barima yere
- Ewe
- wò nɔvi srɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-SHET-a-KHI-kha
- phraseyour reading level
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha
- clause
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha LO te-gal-LEH
- sentence
er-VAT e-SHET-a-KHI-kha LO te-gal-LEH er-VAT a-KHI-kha hi-U
In context — Leviticus 18:16
not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife the nakedness of your brother it is
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 18:16, so the Hebrew word אֵֽשֶׁת־אָחִ֖יךָ (eshetakhikha) 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.18.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.16.W2.S1) and character.