2 Samuel 17:3:62 Sam.17.3.W6TAB
הָאִישׁ֙
haish
“the man”
- Transliteration
- ha-ISH
- Extended
- haa-EESH
- IPA
- /haːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-ISH
- clause
ke-SHUV ha-KOL ha-ISH a-SHER a-TA me-vak-KESH khol-ha-AM yih-ye-YE sha-LOM
- sentence
ve-a-SHI-va khol-ha-AM e-LE-kha ke-SHUV ha-KOL ha-ISH a-SHER a-TA me-vak-KESH khol-ha-AM yih-ye-YE sha-LOM
Exegesis
The relative clause ha’ish asher attah mevaqqesh {הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ | hā-’îš ʾă-šer ʾat-tāh mə-vaq-qêš} ‘the man whom you seek’ specifies the pivotal individual.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-šaleph–nun–shin
“man, person”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:3
And I will bring back all the people to you; when the man whom you seek returns , all the people will be at peace .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 17:3, so the Hebrew word הָאִישׁ֙ (haish) 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.17.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.3.W6.S1) and character.