2 Kings 14:6:182 Kgs.14.6.W18TAB
אִם־אִ֥ישׁ
imish
“but {each} man”
- Transliteration
- im-ISH
- Extended
- ihm-EESH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- but {each} man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
im-ISH be-khe-TO
- clause
ka-ka-TUV be-SE-fer to-RAT-mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR LO-yu-me-TU a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM LO-yu-me-TU al-a-VOT KI im-ISH be-khe-TO ya-MUT yu-MAT
- sentence
ve-ET-be-NEI ha-ma-KIM LO he-MIT ka-ka-TUV be-SE-fer to-RAT-mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH le-MOR LO-yu-me-TU a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM LO-yu-me-TU al-a-VOT KI im-ISH be-khe-TO ya-MUT yu-MAT
Exegesis
The limiter ki {כִּי | kî} with the exception phrase im-ish {אִם־אִישׁ | ʾim-ʾîš} introduces the sole basis for capital liability: be-cheto {בְּחֶטְאוֹ | bə-ḥeṭʾô} ‘in/for his sin’.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man”
In context — 2 Kings 14:6
But the sons of the killers he did not put to death, as written in the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; but a man, for his own sin, shall die; he shall be put to death.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Kings 14:6, so the Hebrew word אִם־אִ֥ישׁ (imish) 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 Kgs.14.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.6.W18.S1) and character.