אִ֤ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֤ישׁ

   ISH

   a man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִ֤ישׁ עִוֵּר֙

   ISH ee-VER

   a man blind
3. clause🔊 אִ֤ישׁ עִוֵּר֙ א֣וֹ פִסֵּ֔חַ א֥וֹ חָרֻ֖ם א֥וֹ שָׂרֽוּעַ׃

   ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a

   a man blind or lame or mutilated or with one limb too long
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֥י כָל־אִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בּ֥וֹ מוּם לֹ֣א יִקְרָ֑ב אִ֤ישׁ עִוֵּר֙ א֣וֹ פִסֵּ֔חַ א֥וֹ חָרֻ֖ם א֥וֹ שָׂרֽוּעַ׃

   KI khol-ISH ah-sher-BO MUM LO yik-RAV ISH ee-VER O pi-SE-akh O kha-RUM O sa-RU-a

   for any man who has in him blemish not draw near a man blind or lame or mutilated or with one limb too long

Exegesis

The following clause mirrors this with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ and a syndetic list of physical conditions—ivver {עִוֵּר | ʿiv-ver} ‘blind’, pisseach {פִסֵּחַ | pî-sê-āḥ} ‘lame’, charum {חָרֻם | ḥă-rûm} ‘disfigured’, sarua {שָׂרוּעַ | să-rû-aʿ} ‘stretched-out’—each joined by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’. This general prohibition followed by enumerated examples underscores the priestly requirement for ritual purity by explicitly excluding all with physical blemishes.

Root and etymology

ʾ-š🔊 א־שaleph-shin

“man, individual”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהishawomanGenesis 2:23