Leviticus 23:37:9Lev.23.37.W9TAB
אִשֶּׁ֜ה
ishsheh
“fire offering”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHEH
- Extended
- ish-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃɛ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
le-hak-RIV ish-SHEH
- clause
le-hak-RIV ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH o-LAH u-min-CHA ZE-vakh u-ne-sa-KHIM de-var-YOM be-yo-MO
- sentence
E-le mo-a-DEI Ye-ho-VAH a-sher-tik-re-OO o-TAM mik-ra-EI KO-desh le-hak-RIV ish-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH o-LAH u-min-CHA ZE-vakh u-ne-sa-KHIM de-var-YOM be-yo-MO
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive construct lehakriv {לְהַקְרִ֨יב | lə-hakrīv} ‘to bring near’ introduces isheh {אִשֶּׁ֜ה | ʾiššêh} ‘fire-offering’, olah {עֹלָ֧ה | ʿō-lāh} ‘burnt offering’, minchah {וּמִנְחָ֛ה | û-minḥāh} ‘grain offering’, zevach {זֶ֥בַח | ze-vaḥ} ‘sacrifice’, and nesakhim {וּנְסָכִ֖ים | û-nəsāḵîm} ‘drink offerings’.
Root and etymology
א-שׁ-ה
“that which is consumed by fire”
In context — Leviticus 23:37
These are the appointed times of the LORD , which you shall proclaim as holy convocations , to bring near a fire-offering for the LORD—burnt offering and grain offering, sacrifice and drink offerings—each on its proper day.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:37:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 23:37, so the Hebrew word אִשֶּׁ֜ה (ishsheh) 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.23.37.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.37.W9.S1) and character.