1 Samuel 17:12:91 Sam.17.12.W9TAB
יִשַׁ֔י
yishai
“Jesse”
- Transliteration
- yi-SHAI
- Extended
- yih-SHAI
- IPA
- /jiˈʃaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-SHAI
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-MO yi-SHAI
- clause
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM
- sentence
ve-da-VID ben-ISH e-fra-TI ha-ZE mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA u-she-MO yi-SHAI ve-LO she-mo-NA va-NIM ve-ha-ISH bi-ME sha-UL za-KEN BA ba-a-na-SHIM
Exegesis
In the appositional clause ushmo Yishai {וּשְׁמ֣וֹ יִשַׁ֔י | wə-šmô yišaʾy} ‘and his name Jesse’, the pronominal suffix conveys personal identification.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of this Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse ; he had eight sons, and in the days of Saul he was old .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 17:12, so the Hebrew word יִשַׁ֔י (yishai) 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.17.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.12.W9.S1) and character.