Leviticus 17:4:14Lev.17.4.W14TAB
לָאִ֤ישׁ
laeesh
“to the man”
- Transliteration
- la-EESH
- Extended
- laa-EESH
- IPA
- /laːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-EESH
- phraseyour reading level
la-EESH ha-HU
- clause
DAM yeh-kha-SHEV la-EESH ha-HU DAM sha-FAKH veh-niKH-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU mik-KE-rev am-MO
- sentence
veh-el-PE-takh OH-hel mo-ED LO he-VEE-O leh-hak-REEV kor-BAN la-ye-ho-VAH lif-NEH mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH DAM yeh-kha-SHEV la-EESH ha-HU DAM sha-FAKH veh-niKH-RAT ha-EESH ha-HU mik-KE-rev am-MO
Exegesis
The judicial imputation dam yeḥašev la’ish hahu {דָּם יֵחָשֵׁב לָאִישׁ הַהוּא | dām yê-ḥā-šêḇ lā-ʾîš ha-hûʾ} ‘blood shall be imputed to that man’ uses the Nifal imperfect to denote legal guilt.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-y-š
“man, individual”
In context — Leviticus 17:4
If he does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting in order to offer a sacrifice to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man ; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 17:4, so the Hebrew word לָאִ֤ישׁ (laeesh) 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.17.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.4.W14.S1) and character.