Leviticus 19:20:1Lev.19.20.W1TAB
וְ֠אִישׁ
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ISH
- clause
ve-ISH ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH shikh-vat-ZE-ra ve-HI shif-KHA ne-khe-RE-fet le-ISH ve-haf-DEH lo nif-da-TAH o khoof-SHAH lo ni-TAN-lah
- sentence
ve-ISH ki-yish-KAV et-i-SHAH shikh-vat-ZE-ra ve-HI shif-KHA ne-khe-RE-fet le-ISH ve-haf-DEH lo nif-da-TAH o khoof-SHAH lo ni-TAN-lah bi-KO-ret tih-YEH lo yoom-TU ki-lo khoo-PAH-shah
Exegesis
The verse opens with the coordinate expression ve’ish {וְ֠אִישׁ | ve’ish} “and a man” followed by the conditional particle ki {כִּי | kî}, establishing a protasis.
Root and etymology
י־א־ש
“man”
In context — Leviticus 19:20
And if a man lies with a female slave who is promised to another man, but she has neither been redeemed nor granted freedom, a penalty shall be imposed ; they shall not be put to death, because she is not free.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:20, so the Hebrew word וְ֠אִישׁ (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.19.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.20.W1.S1) and character.