Leviticus 20:5:4Lev.20.5.W4TAB
בָּאִ֥ישׁ
baish
“against the man”
- Transliteration
- ba-ISH
- Extended
- baa-EESH
- IPA
- /baˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- against 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ISH ha-HU
- clause
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO
- sentence
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM
Exegesis
The parallel prepositional phrases bā-ʾîš {בָּאִישׁ | bā-ʾîš} and û-wə-mišpāḥtô {וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ | û-wə-mišpāḥtô} specify both individual and family accountability.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-yod-shin
“man, person”
In context — Leviticus 20:5
I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him to Molech, from among their people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:5, so the Hebrew word בָּאִ֥ישׁ (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.20.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.5.W4.S1) and character.