2 Samuel 19:16:82 Sam.19.16.W8TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:17
עִם־אִ֔ישׁ
imish
“with a man or men”
- Transliteration
- im-ISH
- Extended
- ihm-EESH
- IPA
- /ʕim.ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a man or men
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-ISH
- clause
va-ye-RED im-ISH ye-hu-DA lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh da-VID
- sentence
va-ye-ma-HER shim-e-I ven-ge-RA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI a-SHER mi-ba-khu-RIM va-ye-RED im-ISH ye-hu-DA lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh da-VID
Exegesis
The idiomatic im-ish Yehudah {עִם־אִישׁ יְהוּדָה | ʿim-ʾīš yəhûḏāh} ‘with the men of Judah’ uses singular ish collectively.
Root and etymology
ʿ-m-mayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei, son of Gera, the Benjamite , who was from Bahurim, hurried and went down with the men of Judah to meet King David .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 19:16, so the Hebrew word עִם־אִ֔ישׁ (imish) 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.19.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.16.W8.S1) and character.