Leviticus 24:19:1Lev.24.19.W1TAB
וְאִ֕ישׁ
veish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 kee-yi-TEN MOOM ba-a-mee-TO
- sentence
ve-ISH kee-yi-TEN MOOM ba-a-mee-TO ka-a-SHER a-SA KEN yeh-a-SEH LO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional particle kî {כִּי־ | kî} marking a protasis, with ve-ʾîš {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} as the indefinite subject.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — Leviticus 24:19
And if any man causes a blemish to his neighbor , just as he has done, so it shall be done to him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 24:19, 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.24.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.19.W1.S1) and character.