Numbers 25:14:1Num.25.14.W1TAB
וְשֵׁם־אִישׁ
veshemish
“and the name of the man”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHEM-ISH
- Extended
- veh-SHEEM-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʃeːmˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the name of the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
ve-SHEM-ISH
- sentence
ve-SHEM-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mu-KEH a-SHER hu-KAH ET-ha-mid-ya-NIT zim-RI ben-sa-LU-a na-SI BEIT-AV la-shim-o-NI
Exegesis
The verse begins with veshem {וְשֵׁם֩ | wə-šēm} ‘and name’, resuming the narrative flow.
The noun phrase ish yisrael {אִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | ʾîš yiśrāʾēl} ‘Israelite man’ functions as the topic, followed by the compound participle hamukkeh {הַמֻּכֶּ֗ה | ha-muk-keh} ‘the struck one’, which foregrounds his victim status.
Root and etymology
Rootshin, mem
“name”
In context — Numbers 25:14
And the name of the Israelite man who was struck with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 25:14, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁם־אִישׁ (veshemish) 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.25.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.14.W1.S1) and character.