Leviticus 20:9:1Lev.20.9.W1TAB
כִּֽי־אִ֣ישׁ
keeish
“For any”
- Transliteration
- kee-ISH
- Extended
- kee-EESH
- IPA
- /kiː-ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- For any
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
kee-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
kee-ISH ISH
- clause
kee-ISH ISH a-SHER ye-ka-LEL et-a-VIV veh-et-i-MO MOT yu-MAT
- sentence
kee-ISH ISH a-SHER ye-ka-LEL et-a-VIV veh-et-i-MO MOT yu-MAT a-VIV veh-i-MO kih-LEL da-MAV BO
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces a causal legal declaration.
The doubled noun ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ expresses universality.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — Leviticus 20:9
For any man who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:9, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־אִ֣ישׁ (keeish) 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.20.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.9.W1.S1) and character.