Numbers 28:2:8Num.28.2.W8TAB
לְאִשַּׁ֗י
leishai
“for my fire offerings”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-AI
- Extended
- leh-ish-AY
- IPA
- /ləʔiʃˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- for my fire offerings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-ish-AI
- clause
ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
- sentence
TSAV ET-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM ET-kar-ba-NI lakh-MI le-ish-AI RE-akh ni-kho-KHI tish-me-RU le-hak-RIV LI be-mo-a-DO
Exegesis
The prepositional construct le-ishai {לְאִשַּׁ֗י | lə-ʾî-šay} ‘for my fire-offerings’ defines sacrificial purpose.
In context — Numbers 28:2
Command the sons of Israel and say to them, “My offering, my food for my fire-offerings , my pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to bring near to me at its appointed time,” says the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 28:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 28:2, so the Hebrew word לְאִשַּׁ֗י (leishai) 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.28.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.28.2.W8.S1) and character.