Leviticus 19:20:4Lev.19.20.W4PAT

שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֗רַע

shikhvatzera

sexual intercourse

Transliteration
shikh-VAT-ZE-ra
Extended
shikh-VAHT-ZEH-rah
IPA
/ʃixˈvat.ˈzɛra/

Meaning by language

English
sexual intercourse
French
rapport sexuel
Spanish
relación sexual
Portuguese
relação sexual
German
Geschlechtsverkehr
Russian
половой акт
Arabic-Simplified
جماع جنسي
Hindi
यौन संबंध
Chinese-Simplified
性关系
Korean
성관계
Indonesian
hubungan seksual
Bengali
যৌন সম্পর্ক
Tagalog
pakikipagtalik
Swahili
ngono
Amharic
የፆታ ግንኙነት
Yoruba
ìbálòpọ̀
Igbo
ịkwa iko
Twi
bɔne no
Ewe
ɖeɖe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׁכְ + בַת + זֶ֗ + רַע
shikh + vat + ze + ra
shikhvatzera

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    shikh-VAT-ZE-ra

  2. clause

    ve-ISH ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH shikh-VAT-ZE-ra ve-HI shif-KHA ne-khe-RE-fet le-ISH ve-haf-DEH lo nif-da-TAH o khoof-SHAH lo ni-TAN-lah

  3. sentence

    ve-ISH ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH shikh-VAT-ZE-ra ve-HI shif-KHA ne-khe-RE-fet le-ISH ve-haf-DEH lo nif-da-TAH o khoof-SHAH lo ni-TAN-lah bi-KO-ret tih-YEH lo yoom-TU ki-lo khoo-PAH-shah

In contextLeviticus 19:20

and a man if lies a woman sexual intercourse and she a slave woman designated to a man and her ransom not redeemed or freedom not given to her penalty shall be not put to death because not free

About this coordinate

Leviticus 19:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:20, so the Hebrew word שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֗רַע (shikhvatzera) 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.19.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.20.W4.S1) and character.