Deuteronomy 20:7:1Deut.20.7.W1TAB
וּמִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ
umihaish
“And who is the man”
- Transliteration
- u-MI-ha-ISH
- Extended
- oo-MIH-hah-EEESH
- 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-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to
- sentence
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MUT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yi-ka-KHE-na
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative umi {וּמִי | ū-mî} to signal an exemption.
The relative clause ha-ish asher eras ishah velo lekachah {הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַשׂ אִשָּׁה וְלֹא לְקָחָהּ | hā-ʾîš ʾă-šer-ʾê-raṣ ʾîš-šāh wə-lō lə-qā-ḥāh} ‘the man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her’ specifies the exempt individual.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:7
Is there a man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 20:7, 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.20.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.7.W1.S1) and character.