Leviticus 22:18:10Lev.22.18.W10TAB

אִישׁ֩

ish

any man

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
any man

Alphabet Analysis

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yak-RIV kor-ba-NO le-kol-nid-re-HEM u-le-kol-nid-vo-TAM a-sher-yak-ri-VOO la-ye-ho-VAH le-o-LAH

  4. sentence

    dab-BER el-a-ha-RON veh-el-ba-NAV veh-EL kol-be-NAY yis-ra-EL veh-a-mar-TA ah-le-HEM ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER be-yis-ra-EL a-SHER yak-RIV kor-ba-NO le-kol-nid-re-HEM u-le-kol-nid-vo-TAM a-sher-yak-ri-VOO la-ye-ho-VAH le-o-LAH

Exegesis

The idiom ish ish {אִישׁ אִישׁ | ʾîš ʾîš} ‘any person whatsoever’ underscores universal inclusion.

Root and etymology

aleph-yod-shinaleph-yod-shin

man, individual

In contextLeviticus 22:18

Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: Any man, any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigner in Israel who brings his offering for all their vows or for all their freewill offerings that they bring to the LORD as a burnt offering .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 22:18, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ֩ (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.22.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.18.W10.S1) and character.