Leviticus 21:9:2Lev.21.9.W2TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“of a”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of a
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 ko-HEN
- clause
u-VAT ISH ko-HEN KI te-KHEL liz-NOT
- sentence
u-VAT ISH ko-HEN KI te-KHEL liz-NOT et-a-VI-ha HI me-kha-LE-let ba-ESH tis-sa-REF
Exegesis
Hebrew syntax foregrounds the subject phrase uvat ish kohen {וּבַת אִישׁ כֹּהֵן | wə-baṯ ʾîš kō-hēn} ‘a priest’s daughter’ with an introductory vav.
Root and etymology
ʾ-šaleph-shin
“man, individual”
In context — Leviticus 21:9
And the daughter of any priest, if she begins to prostitute , she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 21:9, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (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.21.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.9.W2.S1) and character.