Leviticus 22:12:4Lev.22.12.W4TAB

לְאִ֣ישׁ

leheesh

to a man

Transliteration
leh-EESH
Extended
leh-EESH
IPA
/lə.ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
to a man

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Result
לְ + אִ֣ישׁ
leh + eesh
leheesh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    leh-EESH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    leh-EESH ZAR

  3. clause

    oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR

  4. sentence

    oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL

Exegesis

Leish zar {לְאִישׁ זָר | lə-ʾîš zār} ‘to a man foreign’ specifies marriage outside the priestly line.

Root and etymology

aleph-yod-shinaleph-yod-shin

man, individual

In contextLeviticus 22:12

And if a daughter of a priest becomes the wife of a layman , she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 22:12, so the Hebrew word לְאִ֣ישׁ (leheesh) 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.22.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.12.W4.S1) and character.