Genesis 39:11:9Gen.39.11.W9TAB
אִ֜ישׁ
ish
“man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
ve-EIN ISH
- clause
ve-EIN ISH me-an-SHEI ha-BA-yit SHAM ba-BA-yit
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-ha-YOM ha-ZEH va-ya-VO ha-BA-ye-ta la-a-SOT me-lakh-TO ve-EIN ISH me-an-SHEI ha-BA-yit SHAM ba-BA-yit
Exegesis
The partitive ish meanshei habayit {אִישׁ מֵאַנְשֵׁי הַבַּיִת | ʾîš mē-ʾan-šê hab-bayit} highlights that not one of the men belonging to the house was present, and the locative babayit {בַּבָּיִת | bab-bā-yit} anchors this absence within the house.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — Genesis 39:11
Now it happened on this day that he went into the house to do his work , and none of the men of the household was in the house.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 39:11, 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 Gen.39.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.11.W9.S1) and character.