Ezekiel 18:16:1Ezek.18.16.W1TAB
וְאִישׁ֙
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
ve-ISH
- clause
ve-ISH LO ho-NA kha-VOL LO kha-VAL u-ge-ZE-la LO ga-ZAL
- sentence
ve-ISH LO ho-NA kha-VOL LO kha-VAL u-ge-ZE-la LO ga-ZAL lakh-MO le-ra-EV na-TAN ve-e-ROM ki-SA-va-GED
Exegesis
The verse begins with ve’ish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš}: ‘man’, establishing the subject.
Root and etymology
’-y-š
“man, person”
In context — Ezekiel 18:16
He has not oppressed any man, has not taken a pledge , nor committed robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry and covered the naked with a garment.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:16, so the Hebrew word וְאִישׁ֙ (veish) 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.18.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.16.W1.S1) and character.