Leviticus 20:13:1Lev.20.13.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-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER yish-KAV et-za-KHAR mish-ke-VEI ish-SHAH to-eh-VAH a-SU shnei-HEM MOT yu-ma-TU de-MEI-HEM BAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinating conjunction and noun ve-ish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’, followed by the relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר | ə-šer} ‘who’ modifying that subject.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph yod shin
“man, male”
In context — Leviticus 20:13
And a man who lies with a male as with a woman has committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death, and their blood is upon them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:13, 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.20.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.13.W1.S1) and character.