1 Kings 20:39:151 Kgs.20.39.W15TAB
אִ֗ישׁ
ish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VE e-LAI ISH
- clause
va-yo-MER av-de-KHA ya-TSA be-KE-rev-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE-ish SAR va-ya-VE e-LAI ISH va-yo-MER she-MOR et-ha-ISH ha-ZE im-hi-pa-KED yip-pa-KED ve-ha-ye-TA naf-she-KHA TA-khat naf-SHO O khi-KAR-KE-sef tish-KOL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ha-ME-lekh o-VER ve-HU tsa-AK el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER av-de-KHA ya-TSA be-KE-rev-ha-mil-kha-MA ve-hin-NE-ish SAR va-ya-VE e-LAI ISH va-yo-MER she-MOR et-ha-ISH ha-ZE im-hi-pa-KED yip-pa-KED ve-ha-ye-TA naf-she-KHA TA-khat naf-SHO O khi-KAR-KE-sef tish-KOL
Exegesis
The compound beqereḇ-hammilḥāmāh {בְּקֶרֶב־הַמִּלְחָמָה | bəqereḇ-hammilḥāmāh} and ʾeṯ-hāʾîš {אֶת־הָאִישׁ | ʾeṯ-hāʾîš} are construct phrases specifying location and object with precision.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, person”
In context — 1 Kings 20:39
And it came to pass as the king passed by that he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold a man turned aside and brought another to me, saying, ‘Guard this man; if he is missing, your life shall be in place of his, or you shall weigh out a talent of silver.’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:39:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Kings 20:39, so the Hebrew word אִ֗ישׁ (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.20.39.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.39.W15.S1) and character.