1 Kings 13:14:31 Kgs.13.14.W3TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“the man of”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YEH-lekh a-kha-REE ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yim-tsa-E-hu yo-SHEV TA-khat ha-e-LA
- sentence
va-YEH-lekh a-kha-REE ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yim-tsa-E-hu yo-SHEV TA-khat ha-e-LA va-YO-mer e-LAV ha-a-TA ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER-ba-TA mi-ye-hu-DA va-YO-mer A-ni
Exegesis
The construct chain ish-haElohim {אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים | ’îš-hāʾĕlōhîm} ‘man of God’ marks a prophetic figure.
Root and etymology
aleph–yod–shinʾ–y–š
“man, person”
In context — 1 Kings 13:14
And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under the oak tree . He said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:14, 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 Kgs.13.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.14.W3.S1) and character.