1 Samuel 17:24:51 Sam.17.24.W5TAB
אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ
ethaish
“{direct object} the man”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-ISH
- Extended
- EHT-haa-EESH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ET-ha-ISH
- clause
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL bir-o-TAM ET-ha-ISH
- sentence
ve-KHOL ISH yis-ra-EL bir-o-TAM ET-ha-ISH va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV va-yi-re-U me-OD
Exegesis
The verse opens with the distributive expression vekol ish yisrael {וְכֹל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל | wə-ḵôl ʾîš yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘each man of Israel.’
The direct-object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} signals Goliath as the object.
Root and etymology
א–י–ש
“man”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:24
Whenever the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from his presence and were stricken with dread .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:24, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ (ethaish) 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.17.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.24.W5.S1) and character.