אִ֣ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֣ישׁ

   ISH

   a man of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

   va-YO-mer ISH yis-ra-EL

   and he said a man of Israel
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הַרְּאִיתֶם֙ הָאִ֤ישׁ הָֽעֹלֶה֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֛י לְחָרֵ֥ף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֹלֶ֑ה

   va-YO-mer ISH yis-ra-EL har-re-i-TEM ha-ISH ha-O-le ha-ZE KI le-kha-REF ET-yis-ra-EL O-LE

   and he said a man of Israel have you seen the man who is coming up this for to reproach or defy {direct object} Israel he is coming up
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הַרְּאִיתֶם֙ הָאִ֤ישׁ הָֽעֹלֶה֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֛י לְחָרֵ֥ף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֹלֶ֑ה וְֽ֠הָיָה הָאִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּ֜נּוּ יַעְשְׁרֶ֥נּוּ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ עֹ֣שֶׁר גָּד֗וֹל וְאֶת־בִּתּוֹ֙ יִתֶּן־ל֔וֹ וְאֵת֙ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יו יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה חָפְשִׁ֖י בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-YO-mer ISH yis-ra-EL har-re-i-TEM ha-ISH ha-O-le ha-ZE KI le-kha-REF ET-yis-ra-EL O-LE ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-sher-ya-KE-nu ya-e-she-RE-nu ham-ME-lekh O-sher ga-DOL ve-ET-bit-TO yit-TEN-lo ve-ET BET a-VIV ya-a-SE khof-SHI be-yis-ra-EL

   and he said a man of Israel have you seen the man who is coming up this for to reproach or defy {direct object} Israel he is coming up and it shall be the man who strikes him he will make him rich the king riches great and {direct object} his daughter he will give to him and house of his father he will make free in Israel

Exegesis

The phrase ʼîš yiśrāʾēl {אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | ʼîš yiśrāʾēl} ‘a man of Israel’ foregrounds the speaker.

Root and etymology

א–י–ש🔊 aleph–yod–shin

“man”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהishahwomanGenesis 2:22