2 Samuel 2:3:52 Sam.2.3.W5TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“each man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH u-VE-to
- clause
va-a-na-SHA-v a-SHER-im-MO he-e-LA da-VID ISH u-VE-to
- sentence
va-a-na-SHA-v a-SHER-im-MO he-e-LA da-VID ISH u-VE-to va-ye-SHE-vu be-a-RE khev-RON
Exegesis
The distributive phrase ish ubeto {אִ֣ישׁ וּבֵית֑וֹ | ’îš ûbêtô} ‘each man and his household’ highlights individual family units.
Root and etymology
ʼ-y-sh
“man”
In context — 2 Samuel 2:3
And David also brought up the men who were with him, each man with his household , and they lived in the towns of Hebron.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 2:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 2:3, 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.2.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.2.3.W5.S1) and character.