Genesis 13:16:7Gen.13.16.W7TAB
אִ֗ישׁ
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
a-SHER im-yu-KHAL ISH
- clause
a-SHER im-yu-KHAL ISH lim-NOT et-a-FAR ha-A-rets gam-zar-a-KHA yim-ma-NEH
- sentence
ve-sam-TI et-zar-a-KHA ka-a-FAR ha-A-rets a-SHER im-yu-KHAL ISH lim-NOT et-a-FAR ha-A-rets gam-zar-a-KHA yim-ma-NEH
Exegesis
The relative-conditional clause ʾasher ʾim-yûḵal {אֲשֶׁר אִם־יוּכַל | ʾă-šer ʾim-yû-kal} introduces a hypothetical scenario using a Qal infinitive construct limnôt {לִמְנוֹת | lim-nôṯ} with ʾîš {אִישׁ | ʾîš} as its subject.
In context — Genesis 13:16
I will cause your seed to become as countless as the dust upon the land, so that if any person could number the dust of the land, then your seed too would be counted.
About this coordinate
Genesis 13:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 13:16, so the Hebrew word אִ֗ישׁ (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 Gen.13.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.16.W7.S1) and character.