Leviticus 23:27:15Lev.23.27.W15TAB
אִשֶּׁ֖ה
eesheh
“fire offering”
- Transliteration
- ee-SHEH
- Extended
- ee-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- fire offering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ee-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
veh-hik-rav-TEM ee-SHEH
- clause
veh-hik-rav-TEM ee-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
AKH beh-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh hah-sheh-VEE-ee ha-ZEH YOM hah-ki-poo-REEM HU mik-RAH-KOH-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM veh-ee-NEE-tem et-naf-sho-TEI-khem veh-hik-rav-TEM ee-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The coordinated imperatives veinitem et nafshotekhem {וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם | wə-ʿin-nî-tem ʾet naph-šō-tê-kem} ‘and you shall afflict your souls’ (Piel) and vehikravtem isheh laYHWH {וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָֽה | wə-hik-rav-tem ’îš-šê la-yə-hwāh} ‘and you shall present a fire offering to the LORD’ (Hifil) convey ritual self-denial and sacrificial worship, preserving the Hebrew emphasis on calendar precision, communal gathering, personal affliction, and divine worship.
Root and etymology
א-שׁ-ה
“that which is consumed by fire”
In context — Leviticus 23:27
Surely on the tenth day of this seventh month it is the Day of Atonements; a sacred assembly shall it be for you, and you shall afflict your souls , and you shall present a fire offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:27:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Leviticus 23:27, so the Hebrew word אִשֶּׁ֖ה (eesheh) 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.23.27.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.27.W15.S1) and character.