Leviticus 24:17:1Lev.24.17.W1TAB

וְאִ֕ישׁ

veish

And a man

Transliteration
ve-ISH
Extended
veh-EESH
IPA
/və.ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
And a man

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Result
וְ + אִ֕ישׁ
ve + ish
veish

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

    ve-ISH

  2. clause

    ve-ISH KI ya-KEH kohl-NE-fesh a-DAM

  3. sentence

    ve-ISH KI ya-KEH kohl-NE-fesh a-DAM MOT yoo-MAT

Exegesis

The clause begins with ve-ʾîš {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and man’, linking this statute to the preceding laws.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–yod–shin

man

In contextLeviticus 24:17

And if any man kills any human being , he shall surely be put to death .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 24:17, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֕ישׁ (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.24.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.17.W1.S1) and character.