Leviticus 15:5:1Lev.15.5.W1TAB
וְאִ֕ישׁ
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /və.ˈʔiːʃ/
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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ISH
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-mish-KA-vo
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-mish-KA-vo ye-kha-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ra-KHATS ba-MA-yim ve-ta-ME ad-ha-A-rev
Exegesis
The clause begins with ve’ish {וְאִישׁ | və-ʾîš} ‘and a man’, signaling a general subject.
Root and etymology
RootAleph, Yod, Shin
“man”
In context — Leviticus 15:5
And a man who touches his bed shall wash his clothes , and bathe in water , and he shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 15:5, 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.15.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.5.W1.S1) and character.