Ezekiel 14:8:3Ezek.14.8.W3TAB
בָּאִ֣ישׁ
baish
“against the man”
- Transliteration
- ba-ISH
- Extended
- baa-EESH
- IPA
- /baːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ISH ha-HU
- clause
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU va-ha-si-mo-TI-hu le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM ve-hikh-ra-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU va-ha-si-mo-TI-hu le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM ve-hikh-ra-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI vi-da-TEHM ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The direct object ba’ish hahu {בָּאִישׁ הַה֗וּא | bā-ʾîš hā-hûʾ} 'against that man' identifies the recipient.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, person”
In context — Ezekiel 14:8
And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 14:8, so the Hebrew word בָּאִ֣ישׁ (baish) 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 Ezek.14.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.8.W3.S1) and character.