Leviticus 19:3:1Lev.19.3.W1TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
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 ihm-MO veh-ah-VEEV
- clause
EESH ihm-MO veh-ah-VEEV tee-RA-OO veh-et-shab-beh-to-TAI tish-MO-ROO
- sentence
EESH ihm-MO veh-ah-VEEV tee-RA-OO veh-et-shab-beh-to-TAI tish-MO-ROO ah-NEE Yeh-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-khem
Exegesis
The opening distributive noun ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ frames the command as universally applicable.
Root and etymology
י־א־ש
“man”
In context — Leviticus 19:3
Each person must fear his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:3, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (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.19.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.3.W1.S1) and character.