Genesis 18:24:2Gen.18.24.W2TAB
יֵ֛שׁ
yesh
“there are”
- Transliteration
- YESH
- Extended
- YESH
- IPA
- /ˈjeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- there are
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
YESH
- phraseyour reading level
u-LAI YESH
- clause
u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR
- sentence
u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
Exegesis
The existential yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš} asserts the possible presence of chamishim tsaddikim {חֲמִשִּׁים צַדִּיקִים | ḥă-miš-šîm ṣad-dî-qîm} ‘fifty righteous’.
Root and etymology
y-sh-byod–shin–bet
“to sit, dwell”
In context — Genesis 18:24
Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place because of the fifty righteous who are in its midst?
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 18:24, so the Hebrew word יֵ֛שׁ (yesh) 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.18.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.24.W2.S1) and character.