Proverbs 28:24:8Prov.28.24.W8TAB
לְאִ֣ישׁ
leish
“to a man”
- Transliteration
- le-ISH
- Extended
- leh-EESH
- IPA
- /ləˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a man
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
le-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ISH mash-KHIT
- clause
kha-VER HU le-ISH mash-KHIT
- sentence
go-ZEL a-VIV ve-im-MO ve-o-MER EN-PA-sha kha-VER HU le-ISH mash-KHIT
Exegesis
In the apodosis chaver hu {חָבֵ֥ר ה֝֗וּא | ḥāvēr hū’} ‘he is a companion’, the pronoun hu emphasizes identity, and the prepositional phrase lish mashchit {לְאִ֣ישׁ מַשְׁחִֽית | lə’îš māšḥîṯ} ‘to a man destroying’ conveys moral association. The English translation renders Hebrew participles as relative clauses (“who robs,” “and claims”), converts the verbless clause into direct speech, and renders lamed + noun as “like a friend of” to express associative likeness.
In context — Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “There is no offense,” is a companion to a man who destroys .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 28:24, so the Hebrew word לְאִ֣ישׁ (leish) 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 Prov.28.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.24.W8.S1) and character.