Deuteronomy 17:12:15Deut.17.12.W15TAB
הָאִ֣ישׁ
haish
“that man”
- Transliteration
- ha-ISH
- Extended
- hah-EEsh
- IPA
- /haˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- that man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ISH ha-HU
- clause
u-MET ha-ISH ha-HU u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-yis-ra-EL
- 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 17:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 17:12, so the Hebrew word הָאִ֣ישׁ (haish) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.12.W15.S1) and character.