Exodus 22:16:2Exod.22.16.W2TABWLC Exodus 22:15
אִ֗ישׁ
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-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH
- clause
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
- sentence
ve-khi-ye-fat-TEH EESH be-too-LAH ah-SHER lo-oh-RA-sah ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH ma-HOR yim-ha-REN-na LO le-ish-SHAH
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect yefatteh {יְפַתֶּה | yə-pat-teh} conveys deliberate persuasion, with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} as subject and betulah {בְּתוּלָה | bə-tū-lāh} as object, modified by the negative relative clause asher lo-orasah {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֹרָשָׂה | ʾă-šer lō-ʾō-rā-sāh} “who is not betrothed.”
Root and etymology
“man”
In context — Exodus 22:16
And if a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he must surely pay the bride-price and she shall be his wife.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 22:16, so the Hebrew word אִ֗ישׁ (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.22.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.16.W2.S1) and character.