1 Samuel 17:46:231 Sam.17.46.W23TAB

יֵ֥שׁ

yesh

there is

Transliteration
YESH
Extended
YEESH
IPA
/ˈjeːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
there is

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    YESH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    YESH e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    ha-YOM ha-ZE ye-sag-GER-kha Ye-ho-VAH be-ya-DI ve-hi-KI-ti-kha va-ha-si-RO-ti et-RO-sha-kha me-a-LE-kha ve-na-TAT-ti PE-ger ma-kha-NE pe-li-SHTIM ha-YOM ha-ZE le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-kha-YAT ha-A-rets ve-ye-de-U KAL-ha-A-rets KI YESH e-lo-HIM le-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The result clause wə-ye-da-ʿû kol-ha-ʾā-reṣ {וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ | wə-ye-da-ʿû kol-ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘and all the earth will know’ leads into the existential clause kî yēš ʾə-lō-hîm le-yis-ra-ʾêl {כִּ֛י יֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל | kî yēš ʾə-lō-hîm le-yis-ra-ʾêl} ‘that there is God in Israel,’ presenting a universal theological climax. The English rendering preserves Hebrew immediacy and sequential action while maintaining clarity and impact.

Root and etymology

א–י–ש

man

In context1 Samuel 17:46

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from upon you. And this day I will give the bodies of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the heavens so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:46:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 1 Samuel 17:46, so the Hebrew word יֵ֥שׁ (yesh) 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.17.46.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.46.W23.S1) and character.