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
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 oh-ee-SHAH kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM beh-ha-ROHT
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.