2 Samuel 20:21:42 Sam.20.21.W4TAB
אִישׁ֩
ish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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 me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim
- clause
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR
- sentence
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The noun ish {אִישׁ | ’îš} ‘man’ is located by me-ha-har {מֵהַר | mê-hār} ‘from the hill country’ of efrayim {אֶפְרַיִם | ’e-phray-îm} and further defined by sheva ben-bikhri {שֶׁבַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִי | še-ḇāʿ ben-bikhrî} ‘Sheba son of Bichri.’
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-y-š
“man, individual”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:21
The matter is not so. For a man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. “Hand him over alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 20:21, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ֩ (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.20.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.21.W4.S1) and character.