Exodus 22:7:9Exod.22.7.W9TABWLC Exodus 22:6

הָאִ֑ישׁ

haish

the man

Transliteration
ha-ISH
Extended
hah-EESH
IPA
/haˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
the man

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Result
הָ + אִ֑ישׁ
ha + ish
haish

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mib-BEIT ha-ISH

  3. clause

    ki-yi-TEN ISH el-re-E-hu KE-sef o-khe-LIM lish-MOR ve-gun-NAV mib-BEIT ha-ISH

  4. sentence

    ki-yi-TEN ISH el-re-E-hu KE-sef o-khe-LIM lish-MOR ve-gun-NAV mib-BEIT ha-ISH im-yi-ma-TSE ha-gan-NAV ye-shal-LEM she-na-YIM

Exegesis

The prepositional construct mibbet haish {מִבֵּית הָאִישׁ | mibbêṯ hāʾîš} specifies the location of the theft.

Root and etymology

man

In contextExodus 22:7

If a man gives silver or goods to keep to his neighbor, and they are stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double .

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 22:7, so the Hebrew word הָאִ֑ישׁ (haish) 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.22.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.7.W9.S1) and character.