אִ֛ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֛ישׁ

   EESH

   no one
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אַל־יֵ֥צֵא אִ֛ישׁ

   al-ye-TSE EESH

   no one should go out
3. clause🔊 שְׁב֣וּ אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֗יו אַל־יֵ֥צֵא אִ֛ישׁ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃

   she-VOO EESH takh-TAAV al-ye-TSE EESH mim-me-ko-MO ba-YOM ha-she-vi-EE

   each man remain in his place no one should go out from his place the seventh on the day
4. sentence🔊 רְא֗וּ כִּֽי־יְהוָה֮ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֣ם הַשַׁבָּת֒ עַל־כֵּ֠ן ה֣וּא נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֖י לֶ֣חֶם יוֹמָ֑יִם שְׁב֣וּ אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֗יו אַל־יֵ֥צֵא אִ֛ישׁ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃

   re-U ki-ye-ho-VAH na-TAN la-KHEM ha-sha-BAT al-KEN HU no-TEN la-KHEM ba-YOM ha-shi-SHEE LE-khem yo-MA-yim she-VOO EESH takh-TAAV al-ye-TSE EESH mim-me-ko-MO ba-YOM ha-she-vi-EE

   see for the LORD has given to you the Sabbath therefore he gives to you the sixth on the day bread for two days each man remain in his place no one should go out from his place the seventh on the day

Exegesis

The second clause issues direct commands: the imperative shevu {שְׁבוּ | šə-bû} ‘remain’ with ish takhtav {אִישׁ תַּחְתָּיו | ʾîš taḥ-tāw} ‘each person in his place’, and the prohibition al yetse ish {אַל יֵצֵא אִישׁ | ʾal yē-ṣēʾ ʾîš} ‘do not let any person go out’ reinforced by mim-mekomo {מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ | mim-mə-qō-mô} ‘from his place’ and the temporal frame ba-yom ha-shvi'i {בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי | ba-yôm ha-šə-bî-ʿî} ‘on the seventh day’. The structure moves from recognition to causation, provision, and obedience, reflecting the theological rationale for Sabbath observance.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־נ־שaleph–nun–shin

“man, human being”

• 🔊 אֱנוֹשׁʾĕnôšmortal, humanPsalm 8:4