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
| 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
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH le-vei-TO
- clause
va-yel-KHU khol-ha-AM ISH le-vei-TO
- 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 context — 1 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.