1 Kings 13:6:41 Kgs.13.6.W4TAB
אֶל־אִ֣ישׁ
elish
“to the man of”
- Transliteration
- el-ISH
- Extended
- ehl-EESH
- IPA
- /ʔɛlˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-YA-an ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM khal-NA et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-hit-pa-LEL ba-a-DI ve-ta-SHOV ya-DI e-LAI
- sentence
va-YA-an ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM khal-NA et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-hit-pa-LEL ba-a-DI ve-ta-SHOV ya-DI e-LAI va-ye-KHAL ish-ha-e-lo-HIM et-pe-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ta-SHAV yad-ha-ME-lekh e-LAV va-te-HI ke-va-ri-sho-NA
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — 1 Kings 13:6
And the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please seek the face of the LORD your God and pray for me, that my hand may return to me.” So the man of God sought the face of the LORD and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it was before .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אִ֣ישׁ (elish) 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.13.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.6.W4.S1) and character.