Leviticus 20:15:1Lev.20.15.W1TAB
וְאִ֗ישׁ
veeesh
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-EESH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /və.ˈʔiːʃ/
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-EESH
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO bi-VEH-HE-MAA MOHT yu-MAT
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER yit-TEN she-KHOV-TO bi-VEH-HE-MAA MOHT yu-MAT veh-et-ha-be-HE-MAA ta-ha-RO-goo
Exegesis
The relative clause begins with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘who’, modifying ve-ish {וְאִישׁ | və·ʾîš} ‘a man’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-yod-shin
“man, person”
In context — Leviticus 20:15
And any man who lies with an animal must be put to death , and you must kill the animal.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:15, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֗ישׁ (veeesh) 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.20.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.15.W1.S1) and character.