Exodus 21:26:2Exod.21.26.W2TAB
אִ֜ישׁ
eesh
“a man”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
EESH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH
- clause
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH et-EEN av-DO oh-et-EEN a-ma-TO ve-shi-kha-TAH
- sentence
ve-khee-yak-KEH EESH et-EEN av-DO oh-et-EEN a-ma-TO ve-shi-kha-TAH la-khof-SHEE ye-shal-le-KHEN-noo TA-khat ee-NO
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man, person”
In context — Exodus 21:26
And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and ruins it, he must let him go free in compensation for his eye.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 21:26, so the Hebrew word אִ֜ישׁ (eesh) 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 Exod.21.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.26.W2.S1) and character.