Deuteronomy 21:15:2Deut.21.15.W2PAT

לְאִ֜ישׁ

leheesh

to a man

Transliteration
leh-EESH
Extended
leh-EESH
IPA
/ləʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
to a man
French
pour un homme
Spanish
para un hombre
Portuguese
para um homem
German
für einen Mann
Russian
для мужчины
Arabic-Simplified
لرجل
Hindi
एक पुरुष के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
给一个男人
Korean
한 남자에게
Indonesian
kepada seorang laki-laki
Bengali
একজন পুরুষের জন্য
Tagalog
sa isang lalaki
Swahili
kwa mwanamume
Amharic
ለአንድ ሰው
Yoruba
fún ọkùnrin kan
Igbo
nye nwoke
Twi
ma ɔbarima bi
Ewe
na ŋutsu ɖeka

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Result
לְ + אִ֜ישׁ
leh + eesh
leheesh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
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

    leh-EESH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KEE-tih-YEH-NAH leh-EESH

  3. clause

    KEE-tih-YEH-NAH leh-EESH SHTEY na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-HOO-VAH veh-ha-a-KHAT seh-NOO-AH veh-YAL-DOO-LOH ba-NIM hah-ah-HOO-VAH veh-has-seh-NOO-AH

  4. sentence

    KEE-tih-YEH-NAH leh-EESH SHTEY na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-HOO-VAH veh-ha-a-KHAT seh-NOO-AH veh-YAL-DOO-LOH ba-NIM hah-ah-HOO-VAH veh-has-seh-NOO-AH veh-ha-YAH hah-BEN hah-be-KHOR lah-sseh-nee-AH

In contextDeuteronomy 21:15

to a man if there are two wives the one loved and the other unloved and bore him sons the loved and the unloved the son the firstborn and it will be to the unloved

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 21:15, so the Hebrew word לְאִ֜ישׁ (leheesh) 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 Deut.21.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.15.W2.S1) and character.