2 Samuel 19:8:182 Sam.19.8.W18TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:9
אִ֥ישׁ
ish
“a man, each man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man, each 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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- clause
ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
- sentence
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
Finally, the perfect nas {נָס | nās} ‘had fled’ and the idiom ish le-ohalav {אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו | ʾîš lə-ʼōhālāw} ‘each man to his tents’ indicate dispersion.
Root and etymology
yod–shiny–sh
“man, person”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and sat in the gate; and all the people were told, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled, every man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word אִ֥ישׁ (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.19.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.8.W18.S1) and character.