Leviticus 13:38:1Lev.13.38.W1TAB

וְאִישׁ֙

veish

and a man

Transliteration
ve-ISH
Extended
veh-EESH
IPA
/vəˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and a man

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Result
וְ + אִישׁ֙
ve + ish
veish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ISH

  2. clause

    ve-ISH oh-ee-SHAH kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM beh-ha-ROHT

  3. sentence

    ve-ISH oh-ee-SHAH kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM beh-ha-ROHT beh-ha-ROHT leh-va-NOHT

Exegesis

The clause begins with ve’ish {וְאִישׁ֙ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’ followed by o-ishah {אוֹ־אִשָּׁ֔ה | ʾō-ʾiš-šâ} ‘or a woman,’ marking inclusion of both genders.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph-yod-shin

man

In contextLeviticus 13:38

And if a man or a woman has on the skin of their flesh bright spots —bright spots that are white —

About this coordinate

Leviticus 13:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:38, 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 Lev.13.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.38.W1.S1) and character.