Leviticus 20:17:1Lev.20.17.W1TAB
וְאִ֣ישׁ
veeesh
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-EESH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to
- clause
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to bat-a-VIV OH bat-i-MO ve-ra-AH ET-er-va-TAH ve-HEE-tir-EH ET-er-va-TO KHE-sed HU ve-nikh-re-TOO le-eh-NEE be-NEY am-MAM
- sentence
ve-EESH a-SHER-yi-KAKH ET-a-KHO-to bat-a-VIV OH bat-i-MO ve-ra-AH ET-er-va-TAH ve-HEE-tir-EH ET-er-va-TO KHE-sed HU ve-nikh-re-TOO le-eh-NEE be-NEY am-MAM er-VAT a-KHO-to gil-LAH a-vo-NO yi-SA
Exegesis
The verse begins with veish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’, a vav-consecutive clause marking a legal statute.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-yod-shin
“man, person”
In context — Leviticus 20:17
If a man takes his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace . They shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people; for he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:17, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֣ישׁ (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.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.17.W1.S1) and character.