Deuteronomy 17:12:1Deut.17.12.W1TAB
וְהָאִ֞ישׁ
vehaish
“and the man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ISH
- Extended
- veh-hah-EEsh
- IPA
- /vəhaˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ISH
- clause
ve-ha-ISH a-SHER-ya-a-SE be-za-DON le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN ha-o-MED le-sha-RET SHAM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha O el-ha-sho-FET
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH a-SHER-ya-a-SE be-za-DON le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN ha-o-MED le-sha-RET SHAM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha O el-ha-sho-FET u-MET ha-ISH ha-HU u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The verse begins with veha’ish {וְהָאִ֞ישׁ | wə-hā-’îš} ‘and the man,’ introducing a casuistic law case.
Root and etymology
Rootʼyš
“man, individual”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:12
And the man who acts in presumption, not listening to the priest who stands there to minister to the LORD your God or to the judge, that man shall die. And you shall remove the evil from Israel.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 17:12, so the Hebrew word וְהָאִ֞ישׁ (vehaish) 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 Deut.17.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.12.W1.S1) and character.