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
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 KI ya-KEH kohl-NE-fesh a-DAM
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.