Leviticus 17:3:2Lev.17.3.W2TAB
אִישׁ֙
eesh
“person”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- person
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 mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL a-SHER yish-KHAT SHOR o-KE-sev o-EZ ba-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
EESH EESH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL a-SHER yish-KHAT SHOR o-KE-sev o-EZ ba-ma-kha-NEH O a-SHER yish-KHAT mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the emphatic repetition ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ to convey distributive emphasis.
Root and etymology
aleph–yod–shinaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — Leviticus 17:3
Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a sheep, or a goat in the camp , or who slaughters one outside the camp.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 17:3, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ֙ (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.17.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.3.W2.S1) and character.