Leviticus 22:14:1Lev.22.14.W1TAB

וְאִ֕ישׁ

veheesh

and any person

Transliteration
veh-EESH
Extended
veh-EESH
IPA
/wəˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and any person

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Result
וְ + אִ֕ישׁ
veh + eesh
veheesh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
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

    veh-EESH

  2. clause

    veh-EESH kee-YO-KHAL KO-desh bish-ge-GAH

  3. sentence

    veh-EESH kee-YO-KHAL KO-desh bish-ge-GAH veh-ya-SAF kha-MEE-shee-TO a-LAV veh-na-TAN la-KO-hen et-ha-KO-desh

Exegesis

The clause begins with ve’îš {וְאִישׁ | wǝ-ʾîš} ‘a person’ plus kî {כִּי | kî} as a conditional particle introducing a hypothetical scenario.

Root and etymology

aleph-yod-shinaleph-yod-shin

man, individual

In contextLeviticus 22:14

And if any man eats a sacred thing unintentionally, then he shall add a fifth part to it and give the sacred thing to the priest.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:14, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֕ישׁ (veheesh) 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.22.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.14.W1.S1) and character.