Exodus 15:3:2Exod.15.3.W2TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
eesh
“a man of”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man of
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
EESH
- phraseyour reading level
EESH mil-kha-MA
- clause
Ye-ho-VAH EESH mil-kha-MA
- sentence
Ye-ho-VAH EESH mil-kha-MA Ye-ho-VAH she-MO
Exegesis
The construct ish milchamah {אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה | ʾîš mil-ḥā-māh} ‘man-of-war’ links man and war without a conjunction, portraying YHWH as the combatant.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — Exodus 15:3
The LORD is a man-of-war ; the LORD is His name.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 15:3, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (eesh) 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 Exod.15.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.3.W2.S1) and character.