אִ֥ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֥ישׁ

   ISH

   each man or each one
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִ֥ישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

   ISH bim-la-KHET-to

   each man or each one in his work
3. clause🔊 וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

   va-a-mi-DA mish-ma-ROT la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM ISH bim-la-KHET-to

   and I set up or appointed charges or duties for the priests and for the Levites each man or each one in his work
4. sentence🔊 וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים מִכָּל־נֵכָ֑ר וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

   ve-ti-HAR-tim mi-KAL-ne-KHAR va-a-mi-DA mish-ma-ROT la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM ISH bim-la-KHET-to

   and I cleansed them from all foreignness or what is foreign and I set up or appointed charges or duties for the priests and for the Levites each man or each one in his work

Exegesis

The distributive ish bimelachto {אִישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ | ʾîš bi-məl-ʾā-ḵōw} ‘each man in his work’ distributes duties among individuals, rendered as a distributive phrase in English.