Numbers 15:14:8Num.15.14.W8TAB
אִשֵּׁ֥ה
ishsheh
“a fire offering”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHEH
- Extended
- ish-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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 | |
| 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 REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh
- clause
ve-KHI-ya-GUR it-KHEM GER O a-SHER-be-to-KHEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem ve-a-SA ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-KHI-ya-GUR it-KHEM GER O a-SHER-be-to-KHEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem ve-a-SA ish-SHEH REI-akh-ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER ta-a-SU KEN ya-a-SEH
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wə-ʿā-śāh {וְעָשָׂ֛ה | wə-ʿā-śāh} ‘and he offers’ introduces the apodosis, governing the object ʾîš-še {אִשֵּׁ֥ה | ʾîš-še} ‘fire offering’ specified by the construct phrase rê-aḥ-nî-ḥō-aḥ {רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ | rê-aḥ ni-ḥō-aḥ} ‘pleasing aroma.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-haleph-shin-he
“fire, burning sacrifice”
In context — Numbers 15:14
And when a sojourner is among you in every generation and offers a fire offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD , just as you do, so shall he do.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 15:14, 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.15.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.14.W8.S1) and character.