2 Samuel 18:10:22 Sam.18.10.W2TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
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
ISH e-KHAD
- clause
va-YAR ISH e-KHAD va-yag-GED le-yo-AV
- sentence
va-YAR ISH e-KHAD va-yag-GED le-yo-AV va-yo-MER hi-NE ra-I-TI ET-av-sha-LOM ta-LUI ba-E-la
Exegesis
The nominal phrase ish echad {אִישׁ אֶחָד | ʾîš ʾeḥaḏ} ‘a certain man’ underscores the witness’s anonymity.
Root and etymology
aleph-yod-shinʾod–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:10
And a certain man saw and told Joab, and he said, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak tree .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 18:10, 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 Sam.18.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.10.W2.S1) and character.