אִ֣ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֣ישׁ

   ISH

   a man, each man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִ֣ישׁ כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ

   ISH ke-er-KO

   a man, each man according to his valuation
3. clause🔊 אִ֣ישׁ כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ נָגַ֞שׂ אֶת־הַכֶּ֤סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב֙ אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ לָתֵ֖ת לְפַרְעֹ֥ה נְכֹֽה׃

   ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO

   a man, each man according to his valuation he exacted or he demanded {direct object} the silver and {direct object} the gold {direct object} the people of the land to give to Pharaoh Neco
4. sentence🔊 וְהַכֶּ֣סֶף וְהַזָּהָ֗ב נָתַ֤ן יְהוֹיָקִים֙ לְפַרְעֹ֔ה אַ֚ךְ הֶעֱרִ֣יךְ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ לָתֵ֥ת אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף עַל־פִּ֣י פַרְעֹ֑ה אִ֣ישׁ כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ נָגַ֞שׂ אֶת־הַכֶּ֤סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב֙ אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ לָתֵ֖ת לְפַרְעֹ֥ה נְכֹֽה׃

   ve-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV na-TAN ye-ho-ya-KIM le-far-O AKH he-e-RI-khekh et-ha-A-rets la-TET et-ha-KE-sef al-PI far-O ISH ke-er-KO na-GAS et-ha-KE-sef ve-et-ha-za-HAV et-am ha-A-rets la-TET le-far-O ne-KHO

   and the silver and the gold he gave Jehoiakim to Pharaoh only or but he assessed or he imposed {a levy} {direct object} the land to give {direct object} the silver according to the mouth of, according to Pharaoh a man, each man according to his valuation he exacted or he demanded {direct object} the silver and {direct object} the gold {direct object} the people of the land to give to Pharaoh Neco

Exegesis

The distributive pattern ish {אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš} ‘a man’ + ke-erkho {כְּעֶרְכּ֗וֹ | kəʿerḵô} ‘according to his valuation’ specifies individualized assessment, and nagas {נָגַ֞שׂ | nāgaś} ‘he exacted’ then resumes the narrative flow with the objects et-hakesef2 {אֶת־הַכֶּ֤סֶף | ʾeṯ-hākésep̄} ‘the silver’ and ve'et-hazahav {וְאֶת־הַזָּהָב֙ | wə-ʾeṯ-hāzāhāḇ} ‘and the gold.’