אִ֣ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֣ישׁ

   ISH

   a man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה

   va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA

   and there was a man of measure or stature
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו שֵׁשׁ־וָשֵׁשׁ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאַרְבַּ֔ע וְגַם־ה֖וּא נוֹלַ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽא׃

   va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA ve-ets-be-o-TAI-v SHESH-va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA ve-GAM-HU no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA

   and there was a man of measure or stature and his fingers six and six twenty and four and also he was born to the Rapha or to the giant-kind
4. sentence🔊 וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י אִ֣ישׁ מִדָּ֗ה וְאֶצְבְּעֹתָ֤יו שֵׁשׁ־וָשֵׁשׁ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וְאַרְבַּ֔ע וְגַם־ה֖וּא נוֹלַ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽא׃

   va-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA be-GAT va-ye-HI ISH mid-DA ve-ets-be-o-TAI-v SHESH-va-SHESH e-se-RIM ve-ar-BA ve-GAM-HU no-LAD le-ha-ra-FA

   and there was again war at Gath and there was a man of measure or stature and his fingers six and six twenty and four and also he was born to the Rapha or to the giant-kind

Exegesis

A second vav-consecutive vayehi {וַיְהִי | va·yə·hî} introduces ish middah {אִישׁ מִדָּה | ʾîš mid·dāh} “a man of measure,” marking exceptional size.

Root and etymology

’-n-š🔊 א־נ־שׁaleph–nun–shin

“man, individual”

• 🔊 אֱנוֹשׁʾe·nôšmortalPsalm 8:4