Deuteronomy 22:16:8Deut.22.16.W8TAB
לָאִ֙ישׁ
laish
“to this man”
- Transliteration
- la-ISH
- Extended
- laa-EESH
- IPA
- /laˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to this man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
na-ta-TI la-ISH
- clause
na-ta-TI la-ISH ha-ZEH le-i-SHAH va-yis-na-E-ha
- sentence
ve-a-MAR a-VI ha-na-AR ha-na-a-RAH el-haz-ze-ke-NIM et-bi-TI na-ta-TI la-ISH ha-ZEH le-i-SHAH va-yis-na-E-ha
Exegesis
The perfect verb natati {נָתַּ֥תִּי | nă-ta-tî} ‘I have given’ asserts the completed marital transfer, while the prepositions laish {לָאִ֛ישׁ | lā-’îš} and leishah {לְאִשָּׁ֖ה | lə-’iš-šāh} indicate recipient and status “as a wife.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:16
And the father of the young woman will say to the elders, “I have given my daughter to this man as a wife,” but he hates her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 22:16, so the Hebrew word לָאִ֙ישׁ (laish) 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.22.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.16.W8.S1) and character.