Leviticus 22:21:1Lev.22.21.W1TAB
וְאִ֗ישׁ
veish
“and anyone”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /wəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and anyone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ISH
- clause
ve-ISH kee-yak-RIV ZE-vakh-she-la-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH leh-fal-LEH-ne-DER O lih-ne-da-VAH bab-ba-KAR O ba-TSOHN
- sentence
ve-ISH kee-yak-RIV ZE-vakh-she-la-MIM la-ye-ho-VAH leh-fal-LEH-ne-DER O lih-ne-da-VAH bab-ba-KAR O ba-TSOHN ta-MIM yih-YEH leh-rah-TSOHN kol-MUM LO yih-YEH-boh
Exegesis
The verse opens with the inclusive conditional veish {וְאִישׁ | wê-ʾîš} ‘and/when a man’, where the vav-conjunction marks a protasis.
Root and etymology
aleph-yod-shinaleph-yod-shin
“man, individual”
In context — Leviticus 22:21
And when a man brings a fellowship offering to the LORD , to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be perfect for acceptance; no blemish shall be in it.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:21, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֗ישׁ (veish) 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.22.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.21.W1.S1) and character.