Leviticus 20:12:1Lev.20.12.W1TAB
וְאִ֗ישׁ
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man
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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 a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-kal-la-TO MOT yoom-TOO she-NEI-hem TE-vel a-SU de-MEI-hem BAM
Exegesis
The law begins with the vav-conjunction ve’ish {וְאִ֗ישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’, introducing a casuistic statute.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man”
In context — Leviticus 20:12
Any man who lies with his daughter-in-law shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion , and their blood shall be upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:12, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֗ישׁ (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.20.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.12.W1.S1) and character.