Leviticus 24:7:8Lev.24.7.W8TAB
אִשֶּׁ֖ה
isheh
“fire offering”
- Transliteration
- i-SHEH
- Extended
- ih-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiˈʃɛ/
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
i-SHEH
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TAH lal-LE-khem le-az-ka-RAH i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-na-TA-ta al-ha-mma-a-RE-khet le-vo-NAH za-KAH ve-ha-ye-TAH lal-LE-khem le-az-ka-RAH i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Finally, the appositional phrase ishsheh laYHWH {אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה | ʾish-še la-yə-hō-wāh} ‘a fire-offering to the LORD’ classifies the act within the sacrificial system. The parallel structure underscores the dual identity of the frankincense—as integral to the showbread and simultaneously as a distinct offering to God.
Root and etymology
א־ש־ה
“burnt offering”
In context — Leviticus 24:7
And you shall place pure frankincense upon the arrangement, and it shall be for the bread as a memorial-portion , a fire-offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 24:7, so the Hebrew word אִשֶּׁ֖ה (isheh) 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.24.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.7.W8.S1) and character.