Numbers 15:10:6Num.15.10.W6TAB
אִשֵּׁ֥ה
ishsheh
“an offering by fire”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHEH
- Extended
- ish-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- an offering by fire
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-SHEH
- phraseyour reading level
ish-SHEH RE-akh-ni-KHO-akh
- clause
ish-SHEH RE-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-YA-yin tak-RIV la-NE-sekh kha-TSI ha-HIN ish-SHEH RE-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase ʾisheh {אִשֶּׁה | ʾîš-šeh} ‘fire offering’ followed by reiach {רֵיחַ | rê-ăḥ} ‘fragrance’ in construct with nichoach {נִיחֹחַ | nî-ḥô-ăḥ} ‘pleasing’ describes the offering’s sensory attribute.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-shin-heh
“fire offering”
In context — Numbers 15:10
And you shall bring wine for the libation—half a hin—as a fire offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 15:10, so the Hebrew word אִשֵּׁ֥ה (ishsheh) 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 Num.15.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.10.W6.S1) and character.