Numbers 5:10:1Num.5.10.W1TAB

וְאִ֥ישׁ

veish

and any man

Transliteration
ve-ISH
Extended
veh-EESH
IPA
/vəˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and any man

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Result
וְ + אִ֥ישׁ
ve + ish
veish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    ve-ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ISH et-ko-da-SHAV

  3. clause

    ve-ISH et-ko-da-SHAV LO yih-YU

  4. sentence

    ve-ISH et-ko-da-SHAV LO yih-YU ISH a-SHER-yi-TEN la-ko-HEN LO yih-YEH

Exegesis

The verse exhibits a parallel legal declaration beginning with ve’ish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’, where the prefixed vav-conjunction creates emphasis on the subject.

Root and etymology

Rootʾ-y-š

man, individual

In contextNumbers 5:10

Each man’s holy offerings will be his; whatever any man gives to the priest , it shall be the priest’s.

About this coordinate

Numbers 5:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 5:10, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֥ישׁ (veish) 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.5.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.5.10.W1.S1) and character.