Leviticus 15:2:6Lev.15.2.W6TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
eesh
“any”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- Extended
- EEESH
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- any
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
EESH
- phraseyour reading level
EESH EESH
- clause
EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU
- sentence
dab-be-RU el-be-NEH yis-ra-EL va-a-mar-TEM a-le-HEM EESH EESH KI yi-he-YEH ZAV mib-be-SA-RO zo-VO ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The duplication ish ish {אִישׁ אִישׁ | ish ish} ‘any man’ employs distributive repetition to indicate universality.
Root and etymology
RootAleph, Yod, Shin
“man”
In context — Leviticus 15:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them: “Any man, when there is a discharge from his flesh, that discharge makes him unclean .”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 15:2, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (eesh) 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.15.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.2.W6.S1) and character.