1 Samuel 16:17:61 Sam.16.17.W6TAB
אִ֚ישׁ
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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- clause
re-U-NA LI ISH me-TIV le-nag-GEN va-ha-vi-o-TEM e-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-a-va-DAV re-U-NA LI ISH me-TIV le-nag-GEN va-ha-vi-o-TEM e-LAI
Exegesis
The construct phrase lī ’îš mēṭîv lə-naggên {לִי אִישׁ מֵיטִיב לְנַגֵּן | lī ’îš mēṭîv lə-naggên} ‘for me a man skilled to play’ uses the Hiphil participle mēṭîv {מֵיטִיב | mēṭîv} to express ability and the Piel infinitive lə-naggên {לְנַגֵּן | lə-naggên} to indicate the action of playing.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:17
And Saul said to his servants , “Please look for me a man who is skilled at playing, and bring him to me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 16:17, so the Hebrew word אִ֚ישׁ (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 Sam.16.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.17.W6.S1) and character.