Numbers 28:13:12Num.28.13.W12TAB
אִשֶּׁ֖ה
isheh
“a food offering”
- Transliteration
- i-SHEH
- Extended
- ee-SHEH
- IPA
- /ʔiˈʃe/
Meaning by language
- English
- a food 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
i-SHEH
- clause
o-LA RE-akh ni-KHO-akh i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-i-sa-RON i-sa-RON SO-let min-KHA be-lu-LA ba-SHE-men la-KE-ves ha-e-KHAD o-LA RE-akh ni-KHO-akh i-SHEH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Olah {עֹלָה | ō·lāh} introduces the burnt offering, while the idiom reiach nichoach {רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ | rē·yaḥ ni·ḥō·aḥ} ‘aroma of pleasing’ signals divine acceptance, followed by isheh {אִשֶּׁה | ī·sheh} ‘fire offering’ specifying sacrificial means.
Root and etymology
aleph-shin-hehaleph–shin–heh
“fire offering”
In context — Numbers 28:13
And a tenth part, a tenth part of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil for each lamb—a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma and a fire offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 28:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 28:13, so the Hebrew word אִשֶּׁ֖ה (isheh) 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.28.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.28.13.W12.S1) and character.