אִ֜ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֜ישׁ

   ISH

   a man
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכִֽי־יִפְתַּ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ

   ve-khi-yif-TAKH ISH

   and when opens a man
3. clause🔊 וְכִֽי־יִפְתַּ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ בּ֗וֹר א֠וֹ־כִּֽי־יִכְרֶ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ בֹּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ

   ve-khi-yif-TAKH ISH BOR o-ki-yikh-REH ISH BOR ve-LO ye-khas-SE-noo

   and when opens a man a pit or when digs a man a pit and does not cover it
4. sentence🔊 וְכִֽי־יִפְתַּ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ בּ֗וֹר א֠וֹ־כִּֽי־יִכְרֶ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ בֹּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ וְנָֽפַל־שָׁ֥מָּה שּׁ֖וֹר א֥וֹ חֲמֽוֹר׃

   ve-khi-yif-TAKH ISH BOR o-ki-yikh-REH ISH BOR ve-LO ye-khas-SE-noo ve-na-fal-SHA-mah SHOR O kha-MOR

   and when opens a man a pit or when digs a man a pit and does not cover it and falls there an ox or a donkey

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conditional particle vekhi {וְכִי | wə-ḵî} ‘and if’, introducing two parallel protases with the qal imperfect verbs yif-tach {יִפְתַּח | yif-tāḥ} ‘opens’ and yik-reh {יִכְרֶה | yiḵ-rĕ} ‘digs’, each taking ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ as subject and bor {בּוֹר | bōr} ‘pit’ as direct object.

Root and etymology

א־י־ש🔊 aleph–yod–shin

“man, person”

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