2 Samuel 20:12:72 Sam.20.12.W7TAB
הָאִ֜ישׁ
haish
“the man”
- Transliteration
- ha-ISH
- Extended
- haa-EESH
- IPA
- /haːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
va-yar-E ha-ISH
- clause
va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA mit-go-LEL ba-DAM be-TOKH ham-si-LA va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD
Exegesis
The pivotal va-yar ha-ish {וַיַּרְא הָאִישׁ | vay-yar ha-ʾîš} ‘and the man saw’ introduces the response clause ki-amad kol-ha-am {כִּי־עָמַד כָּל־הָעָם | kî-ʿā-mad kol-hā-ʿăm} ‘that all the people stood still.’
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-y-š
“man, individual”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:12
And Amasa was wallowing in blood in the middle of the roadway, and the man saw that all the people stood still; so he turned Amasa off the roadway into the field and threw a garment over him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 20:12, so the Hebrew word הָאִ֜ישׁ (haish) 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.20.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.12.W7.S1) and character.