Deuteronomy 22:23:6Deut.22.23.W6TAB
לְאִישׁ
leish
“to a man”
- Transliteration
- le-ISH
- Extended
- leh-EESH
- 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
- sentence
ki yih-YEH na-a-RA ve-tu-LA me-o-ra-SA le-ISH u-me-tsa-AH ISH ba-IR ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
Exegesis
The word meorasah {מְאֹרָשָׂה | mə’ôrāśâ} ‘betrothed’ establishes her binding status to leish {לְאִישׁ | lə’îš} ‘a man’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:23
If there is a young woman, a virgin , who is betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her;
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 22:23, so the Hebrew word לְאִישׁ (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.22.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.23.W6.S1) and character.