2 Chronicles 25:9:32 Chr.25.9.W3TAB
לְאִ֣ישׁ
leish
“to the man”
- Transliteration
- le-ISH
- Extended
- leh-EESH
- IPA
- /ləˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yo-MER a-mats-ya-HU le-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM u-MA-la-a-sot lim-AT ha-ki-KAR a-SHER na-TAT-ti lig-DUD yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER a-mats-ya-HU le-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM u-MA-la-a-sot lim-AT ha-ki-KAR a-SHER na-TAT-ti lig-DUD yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER ISH ha-e-lo-HIM YESH la-ye-ho-VAH la-TET le-KHA har-BE mi-ZE
Exegesis
The proper noun amatsyahu {אֲמַצְיָהוּ | ʾămātsyāhû} identifies the speaker in the first question, and the title ish haelohim {אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîš hāʾĕlōhîm} ‘man of God’ stands in a construct relationship.
In the reply, the existential yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš} ‘there is’ precedes the divine name layhwh {לַיהוָה | la-yə-hô-wāh} ‘the LORD’, creating emphasis, and the infinitival purpose clause latet lekha harbeh mizeh {לָתֶת לְךָ הַרְבֵּה מִזֶּה | lāṯēṯ lə-kā harbē mizzeh} ‘to give you much more than this’ preserves the beneficiary and comparative construction. The repetition of vayomer frames a dialogic inclusio, accentuating the contrast between human outlay and divine bounty.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šAleph–Yod–Shin
“man; individual”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what should be done for the hundred talents that I gave to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 25:9, so the Hebrew word לְאִ֣ישׁ (leish) 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 2 Chr.25.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.9.W3.S1) and character.