Deuteronomy 21:15:2Deut.21.15.W2TAB
לְאִ֜ישׁ
leish
“to a man”
- Transliteration
- le-ISH
- Extended
- leh-ISH
- IPA
- /ləˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH
- clause
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH
- sentence
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH ve-ha-YA ha-BEN ha-be-KHOR la-se-ni-AH
Exegesis
The imperfect verb tihyēnā {תִהְיֶ֨ינָ | tihyēnā} “there are or will be” sets a hypothetical scenario, followed by the construct chain lĕ’îsh šĕṯê nāšîm {לְאִישׁ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים | lə’îš šĕṯê nāšîm} “to a man two wives.”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives—one beloved and the other unloved —and both bear him sons, but the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 21:15, so the Hebrew word לְאִ֜ישׁ (leish) 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.21.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.15.W2.S1) and character.