לְאִ֣ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְאִ֣ישׁ

   le-ISH

   for a man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד

   le-ISH e-KHAD

   for a man one or each
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּצֵא֩ מְנַחֵ֨ם אֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י הַחַ֔יִל לָתֵת֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר חֲמִשִּׁ֧ים שְׁקָלִ֛ים כֶּ֖סֶף לְאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד

   va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef al-yis-ra-EL AL kal-gi-bo-RE ha-kha-YIL la-TET le-ME-lekh a-SHUR kha-mi-SHIM she-ka-LIM KE-sef le-ISH e-KHAD

   and he brought out Menahem upon Israel upon all mighty men of the force or valor to give to a king of Assyria fifty shekels silver for a man one or each
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּצֵא֩ מְנַחֵ֨ם אֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י הַחַ֔יִל לָתֵת֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר חֲמִשִּׁ֧ים שְׁקָלִ֛ים כֶּ֖סֶף לְאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְלֹא־עָ֥מַד שָׁ֖ם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

   va-yo-TSE me-na-KHEM et-ha-KE-sef al-yis-ra-EL AL kal-gi-bo-RE ha-kha-YIL la-TET le-ME-lekh a-SHUR kha-mi-SHIM she-ka-LIM KE-sef le-ISH e-KHAD va-ya-SHAV ME-lekh a-SHUR ve-LO-a-MAD SHAM ba-A-rets

   and he brought out Menahem upon Israel upon all mighty men of the force or valor to give to a king of Assyria fifty shekels silver for a man one or each and he returned the king of Assyria and not he stood or remained there in the land

Exegesis

The distributive phrase leish echad {לְאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד | ləʾîš ʾeḥāḏ} ‘for one man’ clarifies that the sum is assessed per person, not as a single lump amount.