Numbers 5:8:2Num.5.8.W2TAB
לָאִ֜ישׁ
laish
“for the man”
- Transliteration
- la-ISH
- Extended
- laa-EESH
- IPA
- /laːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-EIN la-ISH
- clause
ve-IM-EIN la-ISH go-EL le-ha-SHIV ha-a-SHAM e-LAV ha-a-SHAM ha-mu-SHAV la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN
- sentence
ve-IM-EIN la-ISH go-EL le-ha-SHIV ha-a-SHAM e-LAV ha-a-SHAM ha-mu-SHAV la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN mil-le-VAD EIL ha-ki-pu-RIM a-SHER ye-ka-PER-BO a-LAV
Exegesis
The dative lā-’îš {לָאִישׁ | lā-’îš} ‘to the man’ identifies the injured party and is followed by gō-ʾēl {גֹּאֵל | gō-ʾēl} ‘redeemer’.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-y-š
“man, individual”
In context — Numbers 5:8
And if the one wronged has no redeemer to whom restitution for the wrong may be restored, the restitution to be restored shall belong to the LORD for the priest, apart from the ram of atonement which atones for him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 5:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 5:8, so the Hebrew word לָאִ֜ישׁ (laish) 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.5.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.5.8.W2.S1) and character.