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
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
shikh-VAT-ZE-ra
- 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
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.