1 Kings 20:28:21 Kgs.20.28.W2TAB

אִ֣ישׁ

ish

a man

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
a man

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ISH ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    va-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU

  4. sentence

    va-yig-GASH ISH ha-e-lo-HIM va-yo-MER el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an a-SHER am-RU a-RAM e-lo-HE ha-RIM ye-ho-VAH ve-lo-e-lo-HE a-ma-KIM HU ve-na-TAT-ti et-kol-he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL ha-ZE be-ya-DE-kha vi-da-TE-tem ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The designation ish haʾĕlōhîm {אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîš hā-ʾĕlōhîm} “man of God” marks a prophetic envoy.

Root and etymology

א־י־ש

man, individual

In context1 Kings 20:28

And the man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the LORD : ‘Because Aram has said, “The LORD is the God of the mountains and not the God of the valleys,” I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 20:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:28, 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.20.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.28.W2.S1) and character.