Numbers 7:5:11Num.7.5.W11TAB
אִ֖ישׁ
ish
“each man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- each man
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ISH
- clause
ve-na-tat-TA o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM ISH ke-FI a-vo-da-TO
- sentence
KAKH me-it-TAM ve-ha-YU la-a-VOD et-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED ve-na-tat-TA o-TAM el-hal-vi-YIM ISH ke-FI a-vo-da-TO
Exegesis
The distributive ish kefi avodato {אִ֖ישׁ כְּפִ֥י עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ | ʾîš kə·p̄î ʿă·ḇō·ḏā·ṯō} ‘each man according to his service’ ensures an equitable assignment aligned with each Levite’s designated function.
In context — Numbers 7:5
Take them from the people, and they shall be for the service of the Tent of Meeting. Then you shall give them to the Levites , each man according to his service.
About this coordinate
Numbers 7:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 7:5, so the Hebrew word אִ֖ישׁ (ish) 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.7.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.7.5.W11.S1) and character.