2 Samuel 16:5:72 Sam.16.5.W7TAB
אִ֨ישׁ
ish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-NE mi-SHAM ISH yo-TSE
- clause
ve-hi-NE mi-SHAM ISH yo-TSE mi-mish-pa-KHA-t BET-sha-UL u-she-MO shim-E ben-ge-RA yo-TSE ya-TSO u-me-kal-LEL
- sentence
u-VA ha-ME-lekh da-VID ad-ba-khu-RIM ve-hi-NE mi-SHAM ISH yo-TSE mi-mish-pa-KHA-t BET-sha-UL u-she-MO shim-E ben-ge-RA yo-TSE ya-TSO u-me-kal-LEL
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:5
And King David came to Bahurim. And behold , from there came a man from the family of the house of Saul, named Shimei son of Gera; he was coming out, coming out and cursing .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 16:5, so the Hebrew word אִ֨ישׁ (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 Sam.16.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.5.W7.S1) and character.