אִ֥ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֥ישׁ

   ISH

   a man or each one
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃

   ISH le-o-ha-LAV

   a man or each one to his tent
3. clause🔊 וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נָס֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃

   ve-khol-yis-ra-EL na-SU ISH le-o-ha-LAV

   and all Israel fled a man or each one to his tent
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֗ום וַיַּשְׁלִכֻּ֙הוּ֙ בַּיַּ֔עַר אֶל־הַפַּ֣חַת הַגָּדֹ֑ול וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ עָלָ֛יו גַּל־אֲבָנִ֥ים גָּדֹ֖ול מְאֹ֑ד וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נָס֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃

   va-yik-KHU et-AV-sha-LOM va-yash-li-KHU-hu ba-YA-ar el-ha-PA-khat ha-ga-DOL va-yat-si-VU a-LAV gal-a-va-NIM ga-DOL me-OD ve-khol-yis-ra-EL na-SU ISH le-o-ha-LAV

   and they took {direct object marker} Absalom and they threw him in the forest into the pit the great and they set up over him a heap of stones great very and all Israel fled a man or each one to his tent

Exegesis

The passage concludes with the distributive vechol-Yisrael nasu ish le’ohalav {וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל נָסוּ אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו | wə·ḵāl yi·srā·ʾēl nā·sû ʾîš lə·ʾō·hā·lāw} “and all Israel fled, each man to his tent,” where the cumulative subjects underscore the complete withdrawal. The English maintains the chronological and spatial ordering of the Hebrew actions and highlights the collective nature of the flight.

Root and etymology

aleph-yod-shin🔊 א־י־שʾod–yod–shin

“man, individual”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהishawomanGenesis 2:23