Leviticus 13:40:1Lev.13.40.W1TAB
וְאִ֕ישׁ
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man
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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 KI yim-ma-RET ro-SHO
- sentence
ve-ISH KI yim-ma-RET ro-SHO ke-RE-akh HU ta-HOR HU
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive clause veish {וְאִ֕ישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’, introducing a casuistic law.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph-yod-shin
“man”
In context — Leviticus 13:40
When a man’s head is made bare , he is clean .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 13:40, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֕ישׁ (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.13.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.40.W1.S1) and character.