Ezekiel 14:7:3Ezek.14.7.W3TAB
אִ֜ישׁ
ish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
KI ISH ISH
- clause
KI ISH ISH mib-BET yis-ra-EL u-me-hag-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-yis-ra-EL ve-yin-na-ZER me-a-kha-RAI ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV el-lib-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV
- sentence
KI ISH ISH mib-BET yis-ra-EL u-me-hag-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-yis-ra-EL ve-yin-na-ZER me-a-kha-RAI ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV el-lib-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI lid-RASH-LO VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-LO BI
Exegesis
The universal pronouncement begins with the emphatic repetition ish ish {אִישׁ אִישׁ | ʾîš ʾîš} ‘any man, each one’ followed by a construct phrase mi-beit Yisraʾel {מִבֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵל | mi-bêyt Yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘from the house of Israel’ and its parallel u-me-ha-ger asher-yā-gur be-Yisraʾel {וּמֵהַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר־יָג֣וּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל | u-me-ha-gêr ʾă-šer-yā-gûr bə-Yiś-rā-ʾêl} ‘and from the sojourner who sojourns in Israel.’
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, person”
In context — Ezekiel 14:7
For any man of the house of Israel or any sojourner dwelling in Israel who separates himself from following Me and brings up his idols into his heart and places the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I, the LORD , will answer him Myself.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 14:7, so the Hebrew word אִ֜ישׁ (ish) 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 Ezek.14.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.7.W3.S1) and character.