1 Chronicles 16:43:31 Chr.16.43.W3TAB

אִ֣ישׁ

ish

each man

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
each man

Alphabet Analysis

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

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ISH le-vei-TO

  3. clause

    va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM ISH le-vei-TO

  4. sentence

    va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM ISH le-vei-TO va-yis-SOV da-VID le-va-REKH et-BEI-to

Exegesis

The phrase kol-haam {כָל־הָעָ֖ם | kol-hāʿām} expresses the whole group, then the distributive construction ish {אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš} + leveito {לְבֵית֑וֹ | lə-vêṯô} specifies that the departure occurred person-by-person to one’s own household.

In context1 Chronicles 16:43

And all the people went, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 16:43:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 16:43, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (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 1 Chr.16.43.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.43.W3.S1) and character.