Genesis 19:8:7Gen.19.8.W7TAB
אִ֔ישׁ
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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- clause
hi-neh-NA LI she-TE va-NOT a-SHER lo-ya-de-U ISH o-tsi-a-NA e-te-HEN a-lei-KHEM va-a-SU la-HEN ka-TOV be-ei-nei-KHEM
- sentence
hi-neh-NA LI she-TE va-NOT a-SHER lo-ya-de-U ISH o-tsi-a-NA e-te-HEN a-lei-KHEM va-a-SU la-HEN ka-TOV be-ei-nei-KHEM RAK la-a-na-SHIM ha-EL al-ta-a-SU da-VAR ki-al-KEN ba-U be-TSEL ko-ra-TI
Exegesis
The relative clause asher lo-yad'u ish {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעוּ אִישׁ | ʾă-šer lōʾ-yā-ḏə-ʿû ʾîš} employs the euphemistic idiom ‘not known a man’ for sexual inexperience.
Root and etymology
ʾ-n-šaleph–nun–shin
“man, person”
In context — Genesis 19:8
Behold, please, I have two daughters who have not known a man . Let me, please, bring them out to you, and you may do to them as is good in your eyes . Only, do not do anything to these men, because for this reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:8, so the Hebrew word אִ֔ישׁ (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.19.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.8.W7.S1) and character.