Deuteronomy 20:6:1Deut.20.6.W1TAB
וּמִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ
umihaish
“And who is the man”
- Transliteration
- u-MI-ha-ISH
- Extended
- uu-MIH-hah-EESH
- IPA
- /uˈmiː.haˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- And who is the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
u-MI-ha-ISH
- clause
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-na-TA KE-rem ve-LO khil-LE-lo ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
- sentence
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-na-TA KE-rem ve-LO khil-LE-lo ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MUT ba-mil-kha-MA ve-ISH a-KHER ye-khal-le-LE-nu
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative clause u-mi-ha-ʾîš {וּמִי־הָאִישׁ | û-mî-hā-ʾîš} ‘and who is the man,’ introducing a conditional exemption.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:6
And is there a man who planted a vineyard and has not yet enjoyed its produce? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man will begin to make use of its produce.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 20:6, so the Hebrew word וּמִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ (umihaish) 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.20.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.6.W1.S1) and character.