Leviticus 20:2:5Lev.20.2.W5TAB
אִישׁ֩
ish
“man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- man
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL
- clause
veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT
- sentence
veh-el-beh-NEE yis-ra-EL to-MAR ISH ISH mi-be-NEE yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yi-TEN mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh MOT yu-MAT AM ha-A-RETS yir-ge-MU-hu ba-A-ven
Exegesis
The distributive repetition ish ish {אִ֣ישׁ אִישׁ | ʾîš ʾîš} ‘man, man’ marks universal inclusion.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-yod-shin
“man, person”
In context — Leviticus 20:2
And to the sons of Israel you shall say: Any man, any man from the sons of Israel and any sojourner in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 20:2, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ֩ (ish) 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.20.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.2.W5.S1) and character.