1 Samuel 17:27:91 Sam.17.27.W9TAB
לָאִ֖ישׁ
laish
“to the man”
- Transliteration
- la-ISH
- Extended
- laa-EESH
- IPA
- /laːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ISH
- clause
KO ye-a-SE la-ISH a-SHER ya-KE-nu
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO ha-AM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-MOR KO ye-a-SE la-ISH a-SHER ya-KE-nu
Exegesis
The relative clause la’ish asher yakkenu {לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּנּוּ | lāʾîš ʾăšer yakkēnû} specifies the beneficiary as the one whose Hifil action of striking secures the reward. The English renderings preserve the Hebrew conditional-reward structure and emphasize the force of the promise.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, person”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:27
The people answered him, “By that declaration , it shall be done to the man who strikes him down .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 17:27, so the Hebrew word לָאִ֖ישׁ (laish) 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.17.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.27.W9.S1) and character.