אִ֛ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֛ישׁ

   EESH

   a man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכִֽי־יָזִ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ

   ve-khi-ya-ZID EESH

   if acts willfully a man
3. clause🔊 וְכִֽי־יָזִ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֖הוּ לְהָרְג֣וֹ בְעָרְמָ֑ה

   ve-khi-ya-ZID EESH al-re-EH-hoo le-hor-GO ve-or-MAH

   if acts willfully a man against his fellow to kill him with guile
4. sentence🔊 וְכִֽי־יָזִ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֖הוּ לְהָרְג֣וֹ בְעָרְמָ֑ה מֵעִ֣ם מִזְבְּחִ֔י תִּקָּחֶ֖נּוּ לָמֽוּת׃

   ve-khi-ya-ZID EESH al-re-EH-hoo le-hor-GO ve-or-MAH me-IM miz-be-KHI ti-ka-KHEN-noo la-MOOT

   if acts willfully a man against his fellow to kill him with guile from my altar you shall take him to die

Exegesis

The agent ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} “a man” is followed by al re’eihu {עַל־רֵעֵהוּ | ʿal-rê-ʿê-hû} “against his neighbor,” marking the potential victim.

Root and etymology

א־י־ש🔊 aleph–yod–shin

“man, person”

• 🔊 אִישִׁיʾîš·īmy husbandHosea 2:16