1 Kings 13:12:121 Kgs.13.12.W12TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
eesh
“man of”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- man of
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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The word
Word in context
- word
EESH
- phraseyour reading level
EESH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
SAID a-le-HEM a-VEE-HEM EH-ZEH ha-DE-rekh ha-LAKH va-yir-OO ba-NAV et-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH EESH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The substantive ish haelohim {אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîsh hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘man of God’ is further defined by asher ba miyehudah {אֲשֶׁר־בָּא מִיהוּדָה | ă-šer bāʾ mi-yĕ-hū-dāh}, situating him as a divine envoy from Judah. Although vayire’u literally means ‘they saw’, it is rendered ‘showed’ and ‘pointed out’ to reflect the communicative function of the sons in indicating the path.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man”
In context — 1 Kings 13:12
And their father spoke to them, “Which is the way he went?” And his sons showed the way that the man of God who came from Judah went.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 13:12, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (eesh) 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 Kgs.13.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.12.W12.S1) and character.