אִ֜ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֜ישׁ

   ISH

   each man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קְטֹ֣רֶת וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֣ם לִפְנֵי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אִ֜ישׁ

   ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH

   incense and bring near before LORD each man
3. clause🔊 וּקְח֣וּ אִ֗ישׁ מַחְתָּת֛וֹ וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְטֹ֣רֶת וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֣ם לִפְנֵי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אִ֜ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּמָאתָ֙יִם֙ מַחְתּ֔וֹת וְאַתָּ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן

   u-ke-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO u-ne-ta-TEM a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH makh-ta-TO kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM makh-TOT ve-a-TA ve-a-ha-RON

   And take each man his censer and put on them incense and bring near before LORD each man his censer fifty and two hundred censers and you and Aaron
4. sentence🔊 וּקְח֣וּ אִ֗ישׁ מַחְתָּת֛וֹ וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְטֹ֣רֶת וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֣ם לִפְנֵי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אִ֜ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וּמָאתָ֙יִם֙ מַחְתּ֔וֹת וְאַתָּ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן אִ֖ישׁ מַחְתָּת֥וֹ

   u-ke-KHU ISH makh-ta-TO u-ne-ta-TEM a-lei-HEM ke-TO-ret ve-hik-rav-TEM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ISH makh-ta-TO kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM makh-TOT ve-a-TA ve-a-ha-RON ISH makh-ta-TO

   And take each man his censer and put on them incense and bring near before LORD each man his censer fifty and two hundred censers and you and Aaron each man his censer

Exegesis

The Hebrew syntax begins with the coordinating imperative clause ukekhu ish mahtato {וּקְח֣וּ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ | uqəḵû ʾîš maḥtāṯô}, combining a Qal imperative and a noun phrase to command each individual.

The final coordination veatta veaharon ish mahtato {וְאַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן אִישׁ מַחְתָּתֽוֹ} with repetition emphasizes communal and leadership participation. English translation preserves sequence and parallelism with semicolons and dashes to reflect Hebrew vav coordination and emphasis.

Root and etymology

aleph-yod-shin🔊 א־י־שaleph-yod-shin

“man, individual”

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