Leviticus 2:9:7Lev.2.9.W7TAB
אִשֵּׁ֛ה
ishsheh
“a fire offering”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHEH
- Extended
- ish-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃ.ˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a fire offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-SHEH
- clause
ish-SHEH REH-akh nee-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-he-RIM ha-ko-HEN min-ham-min-KHAH et-az-ka-ra-TAH ve-hik-TIR ham-miz-be-KHAH ish-SHEH REH-akh nee-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The appositional cluster ʾišêh rēaḥ niḥōaḥ {אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ | ʾišêh rēaḥ niḥōaḥ} frames the burnt portion as a fire offering that produces a pleasing aroma.
Root and etymology
aleph–shinaleph–shin
“fire”
In context — Leviticus 2:9
The priest shall remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it in smoke on the altar—a fire offering that yields a pleasing aroma to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 2:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 2:9, so the Hebrew word אִשֵּׁ֛ה (ishsheh) 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.2.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.2.9.W7.S1) and character.