Judges 17:5:1Judg.17.5.W1TAB
וְהָאִ֣ישׁ
vehaish
“and the man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ISH
- Extended
- veh-haa-ISH
- IPA
- /vəhaːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative connector vehaish {וְהָאִ֣ישׁ | wə-hā-ʼîš} ‘and the man’, introducing mikha {מִיכָה | mî-ḵā} as the subject.
Root and etymology
aleph-yod-shinʾ-y-š
“man, individual”
In context — Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods , and he made an ephod and household gods, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 17:5, so the Hebrew word וְהָאִ֣ישׁ (vehaish) 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 Judg.17.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.5.W1.S1) and character.