1 Kings 13:5:91 Kgs.13.5.W9TAB
אִ֥ישׁ
ish
“the man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the 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 ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
ka-mo-FET a-SHER na-TAN ISH ha-e-lo-HIM bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ha-miz-BE-akh nik-RA va-yish-sha-FEKH ha-DE-shen min-ha-miz-BE-akh ka-mo-FET a-SHER na-TAN ISH ha-e-lo-HIM bid-VAR Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase kammōp̄et {כַּמּוֹפֵ֗ת | kamôp̄et} ‘according to the sign’ frames the event as a prophetic fulfillment, and the relative clause ’ăšer nāṯān ’îš hāʼĕlōhîm {אֲשֶׁר נָתַן אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ’ăšer nāṯān ’îš hāʼĕlōhîm} ‘which the man of God had given’ attributes its source to a prophetic figure.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — 1 Kings 13:5
And the altar was split apart, and its ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 13:5, so the Hebrew word אִ֥ישׁ (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.13.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.5.W9.S1) and character.