Exodus 16:21:5Exod.16.21.W5TAB
אִ֖ישׁ
eesh
“each one”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- each one
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
- clause
va-yil-ke-TU o-TO ba-BO-ker ba-BO-ker EESH ke-FI okh-LO
- sentence
va-yil-ke-TU o-TO ba-BO-ker ba-BO-ker EESH ke-FI okh-LO ve-KHAM ha-SHE-mesh ve-na-MAS
Exegesis
The distributive noun ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} highlights each individual.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–nun–shin
“man, human being”
In context — Exodus 16:21
They gathered it every morning, dawn after dawn, each man according to his eating ; when the heat of the sun rose, it melted.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 16:21, so the Hebrew word אִ֖ישׁ (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.16.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.21.W5.S1) and character.