Leviticus 20:3:4Lev.20.3.W4TAB
בָּאִ֣ישׁ
baish
“the man”
- Transliteration
- ba-ISH
- Extended
- bah-EESH
- IPA
- /baːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ba-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ISH ha-HU
- clause
va-a-NI e-TEN et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU ve-hikh-ra-TEE o-TO mi-KE-REV am-MO
- sentence
va-a-NI e-TEN et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU ve-hikh-ra-TEE o-TO mi-KE-REV am-MO KI miz-zar-O na-TAN la-MO-lekh le-MA-an ta-ME et-mik-da-SHI u-le-kha-LEL et-SHEM kad-SHI
Exegesis
The particle ʾet marks the direct object ʾet-pānāy {אֶת־פָּנַי | ʾet-pānāy} ‘my face’, which with bāʾîš {בָּאִישׁ | bāʾîš} ‘against the man’ expresses determined opposition.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-yod-shin
“man, person”
In context — Leviticus 20:3
I will set my face against that man and will cut him off from the midst of his people because he gave some of his offspring to Molekh to defile my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:3, so the Hebrew word בָּאִ֣ישׁ (baish) 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.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.3.W4.S1) and character.