Numbers 18:17:16Num.18.17.W16TAB
אִשֶּׁ֛ה
ishsheh
“as a fire offering”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHEH
- Extended
- ish-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- as 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 | |
| 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
ish-SHEH
- clause
et-da-MAM tiz-ROK al-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-ET-khel-BAM tak-TIR ish-SHEH le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
AKH be-KHOR-SHOR o-ve-KHOR KE-sev o-ve-KHOR EZ LO tif-DE KO-desh HEM et-da-MAM tiz-ROK al-ham-miz-BE-akh ve-ET-khel-BAM tak-TIR ish-SHEH le-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The conjunction v’et {וְאֶת | wə-’ēt} links khelbam {חֶלְבָּם | ḥel-bām} ‘their fat,’ which the Hiphil imperfect taqtir {תַּקְטִיר | taq-tîr} ‘burn as incense’ consumes as an isheh {אִשֶּׁה | ’iš-šê} fire-offering, producing aroma (l’reiach nichoach {לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | lə-rê-aḥ nī-ḥō-aḥ}).
In context — Numbers 18:17
However, the firstborn of an ox, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering by fire for a pleasing aroma to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 18:17, so the Hebrew word אִשֶּׁ֛ה (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.18.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.17.W16.S1) and character.