2 Samuel 19:17:22 Sam.19.17.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:18
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“men or man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- men or 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
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO
- clause
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO
- sentence
ve-E-lef ISH im-MO mi-be-ne-ya-MIN ve-tsi-VA NA-ar BET sha-UL va-kha-ME-shet a-SAR ba-NAV ve-es-re-RIM a-va-DAV it-TO ve-tsa-le-KHU ha-yar-DEN lif-NE ha-ME-lekh
Root and etymology
yod–shiny–sh
“man, person”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:17
And a thousand men were with him from Benjamin, and Ziba, servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants were with him, and they crossed the Jordan before the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:17, 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.19.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.17.W2.S1) and character.