Leviticus 15:16:1Lev.15.16.W1TAB
וְאִ֕ישׁ
veheesh
“man”
- Transliteration
- veh-EESH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
veh-EESH
- clause
veh-EESH kee-teh-TSE mih-me-NU shikh-vat-ZA-ra
- sentence
veh-EESH kee-teh-TSE mih-me-NU shikh-vat-ZA-ra veh-rah-KHATS bam-MA-yim ET-KOL-be-SA-RO veh-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
It opens with the subject ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ followed by the conditional clause ki tetse mimmennu shikhbat-zera {כִּי־תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָרַע | kî-tē-ṣēʾ mim-men-nû šikh-bat zā-rāʿ} ‘when emission of semen goes out from him’, with the verb agreeing in feminine singular.
Root and etymology
RootAleph, Yod, Shin
“man”
In context — Leviticus 15:16
And if a man has an emission of semen, he shall wash all his flesh in water, and he shall be unclean until the evening .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:16, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֕ישׁ (veheesh) 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.15.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.16.W1.S1) and character.