אִ֥ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֥ישׁ

   ISH

   a man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֖ה

   ISH mil-kha-MA

   a man of war
3. clause🔊 כִּֽי־נַ֣עַר אַ֔תָּה וְה֛וּא אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽיו׃

   ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV

   for a youth you are and he a man of war from his youth
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד לֹ֤א תוּכַל֙ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ אֶל־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י הַזֶּ֔ה לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם עִמּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־נַ֣עַר אַ֔תָּה וְה֛וּא אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽיו׃

   va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV

   and he said Saul to David not you are able to go to the Philistine this to fight with him for a youth you are and he a man of war from his youth

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces an explanatory rationale, juxtaposing na'ar {נַעַר | na-‘ar} ‘youth’ with the phrase ish milchamah {אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה | ’îš mil-ḥā-māh} ‘man of war’.

Root and etymology

’-y-š🔊 א־י־שaleph–yod–shin

“man, adult male”