Leviticus 17:8:4Lev.17.8.W4TAB
אִישׁ֙
ish
“any man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- any man
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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ISH
- clause
va-a-le-HEM to-MAR ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-to-KHAM
- sentence
va-a-le-HEM to-MAR ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-to-KHAM a-sher-ya-a-LEH o-LAH o-za-VAKh
Exegesis
The emphatic duplication ish ish {אִישׁ אִישׁ | ʾîš ʾîš} conveys universal application.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ʾ
“man, individual”
In context — Leviticus 17:8
And to them you shall say: “Any man from the house of Israel or from the sojourner who dwells among them, who offers up a burnt offering or a sacrifice,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 17:8, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ֙ (ish) 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.17.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.8.W4.S1) and character.