1 Samuel 22:18:201 Sam.22.18.W20TAB
אִ֔ישׁ
ish
“man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- clause
va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-do-YIG le-do-EG SOV a-TA u-fe-GA ba-ko-ha-NIM va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD
Exegesis
The numeric shemonim vachamishah ish {שְׁמוֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אִישׁ | še-mō-nîm va-ḥa-mi-ššāh ʾîš} specifies victims.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, “Turn and strike the priests.” Then Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and on that day he killed eighty-five men wearing a linen ephod .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:18:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Samuel 22:18, so the Hebrew word אִ֔ישׁ (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.22.18.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.18.W20.S1) and character.