Deuteronomy 19:15:4Deut.19.15.W4TAB
בְּאִ֗ישׁ
beish
“against a person”
- Transliteration
- be-ISH
- Extended
- beh-EESH
- IPA
- /bəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- against a person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
be-ISH
- clause
LO-ya-KUM ED e-KHAD be-ISH le-KHOL-a-VON u-le-KHOL-khat-TAT be-KHOL-KHET a-sher ye-khe-TA
- sentence
LO-ya-KUM ED e-KHAD be-ISH le-KHOL-a-VON u-le-KHOL-khat-TAT be-KHOL-KHET a-sher ye-khe-TA al-PI she-NEI e-DEEM O al-PI she-lo-SHA-e-DEEM ya-KUM da-VAR
In context — Deuteronomy 19:15
A single witness shall not stand against a person for any iniquity or for any sin, concerning any offense which he may commit; a matter shall be established by the testimony of two witnesses or by the testimony of three witnesses.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:15, so the Hebrew word בְּאִ֗ישׁ (beish) 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.19.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.15.W4.S1) and character.