2 Kings 18:33:52 Kgs.18.33.W5TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“a man or each one”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man or each one
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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH et-AR-tso
- clause
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso
- sentence
ha-hats-TSEL hi-tsi-LU e-lo-HE ha-go-YIM ISH et-AR-tso mi-YAD ME-lekh a-SHUR
Exegesis
The idiom ish et-artso {אִישׁ אֶת־אַרְצ֑וֹ | ʾīš ʾet ʾăr-ṣô} literally “each one his land” conveys “every nation its own territory.”
In context — 2 Kings 18:33
Did the gods of the nations deliver each one his land from the hand of the king of Assyria ?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:33, 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 2 Kgs.18.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.33.W5.S1) and character.