Numbers 19:9:2Num.19.9.W2TAB

אִ֣ישׁ

ish

a man

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ˈʔiʃ/

Meaning by language

English
a man

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR

  3. clause

    ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR ET E-fer ha-pa-RA ve-hi-NI-akh mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH be-ma-KOM ta-HOR

  4. sentence

    ve-a-SAF ISH ta-HOR ET E-fer ha-pa-RA ve-hi-NI-akh mi-KHUTS la-ma-kha-NEH be-ma-KOM ta-HOR ve-ha-ye-TAH la-a-DAT be-NEI-YIS-ra-EL le-mish-MER-et le-MEI ni-DAH khat-TAT HOO

Exegesis

The subject ish tahor {אִישׁ טָהוֹר | ’îš ṭāhôr} ‘a pure person’ qualifies the agent.

In contextNumbers 19:9

And a man who is clean shall gather the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the sons of Israel as a reserve for water of impurity, a sin-offering .

About this coordinate

Numbers 19:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 19:9, 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.19.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.9.W2.S1) and character.