1 Samuel 21:14:61 Sam.21.14.W6TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:15
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH mish-ta-GE-a
- clause
hi-NE tir-E-u ISH mish-ta-GE-a la-MA ta-vi-U o-TO e-LAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-KHISH el-a-va-DAI-v hi-NE tir-E-u ISH mish-ta-GE-a la-MA ta-vi-U o-TO e-LAI
Exegesis
The emphatic particle hinneh {הִנֵּה | hin-nê} focuses attention on the subject ha-ʾîš {הָאִישׁ | hā-ʾîš} ‘the man’, described by the adjective šā-lû·y {שָׁלוּי | šā-lû·y} ‘insane’.
Root and etymology
א־י־שׁ
“man, person”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:14
And Achish said to his servants, “Behold , the man is insane ; why have you brought him to me?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 21:14, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (ish) 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.21.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.14.W6.S1) and character.