Numbers 19:18:5Num.19.18.W5TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ta-HOR
- clause
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM ve-al-ha-no-GEA ba-E-tsem O ve-cha-LAL O ba-MET O ba-KA-ver
Exegesis
The phrase ish tahor {אִ֣ישׁ טָהוֹר | ʾīš ṭā-hôr} ‘man clean’ identifies the eligible agent.
In context — Numbers 19:18
And a man who is clean shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the vessels , on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the slain or the dead or the grave.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 19:18, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (ish) 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.19.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.18.W5.S1) and character.