לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ

   le-me-ISH

   from a man
2. clause🔊 לְמִן־קָטֹן֙ וְעַד־גָּד֔וֹל לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּֽׁה׃

   le-min-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL le-me-ISH ve-ad-i-SHA

   from the small or young one and up to the great or old one from a man and up to a woman
3. sentence🔊 וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יִדְרֹ֛שׁ לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יוּמָ֑ת לְמִן־קָטֹן֙ וְעַד־גָּד֔וֹל לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּֽׁה׃

   ve-KHOL a-SHER LO-yid-ROSH la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-yis-ra-EL yu-MAT le-min-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL le-me-ISH ve-ad-i-SHA

   and everyone who would not seek to the LORD God of Israel he shall be put to death from the small or young one and up to the great or old one from a man and up to a woman

Exegesis

{לְמִן…וְעַד… | lə-min…wə-ʿad…} ‘from…even to,’ first framing extremes qaton…gadol {קָטֹן…גָּדוֹל | qā-ṭōn…gā-dōl} ‘small…great’ and then le-me-ish…ve-ad ishah {לְמֵאִישׁ…וְעַד אִשָּׁה | lə-mē-ʾīš…wə-ʿad ʾiš-šāh} ‘from man…even to woman,’ underscoring total inclusion without exception.