Exodus 16:18:9Exod.16.18.W9TAB
אִ֥ישׁ
eesh
“each man”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- 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
EESH
- phraseyour reading level
EESH le-fee-okh-LO
- clause
EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
- sentence
va-ya-MOD-du va-O-mer ve-LO he-ed-DEEF ha-mar-BEH ve-ha-mam-EET LO he-khe-SEER EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
Exegesis
The final clause ish lefi-akhlo lakatu {אִישׁ לְפִי־אָכְל֖וֹ לָקָֽטוּ | ʾîš lə-pî-ʾā-ḵ-lô lā-qā-ṭû} “each man gathered according to his eating” uses the idiom lefi + noun construct for personalized sufficiency.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–nun–shin
“man, human being”
In context — Exodus 16:18
When they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have surplus , and the one who gathered little did not have shortage ; each man gathered according to his eating.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 16:18, so the Hebrew word אִ֥ישׁ (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.16.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.18.W9.S1) and character.