2 Samuel 18:26:32 Sam.18.26.W3TAB
אִישׁ־אַחֵ֗ר
ishakher
“a man, another”
- Transliteration
- ISH-a-KHER
- Extended
- EESH-ah-KHEER
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.ʔaˈħeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man, another
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH-a-KHER
- clause
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE ISH-a-KHER RATS va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER va-yo-MER hi-NE-ISH RATS le-vad-DO va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YAR-e ha-tso-FE ISH-a-KHER RATS va-yik-RA ha-tso-FE el-ha-sho-ER va-yo-MER hi-NE-ISH RATS le-vad-DO va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh gam-ZE me-va-SE
Root and etymology
aleph-yod-shinʾod–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:26
The watchman saw another man running, and he called to the gate and said, “Look! A man is running alone.” Then the king said, “This one too is bringing news.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:26, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־אַחֵ֗ר (ishakher) 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.18.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.26.W3.S1) and character.