Genesis 44:13:4Gen.44.13.W4TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“each man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- each 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
ISH al-kha-mo-RO
- clause
va-ya-a-MOS ISH al-kha-mo-RO va-ya-SHU-vu ha-i-RA
- sentence
va-yik-re-U sim-lo-TAM va-ya-a-MOS ISH al-kha-mo-RO va-ya-SHU-vu ha-i-RA
Exegesis
The following singular vayyaamos {וַיַּעֲמֹס | wayyaʿămōs} 'and he loaded,' combined with ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} 'each man,' conveys a distributive action.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Nun–Shin
“man, human being”
In context — Genesis 44:13
Then they tore their clothes ; each man loaded his donkey, and they made their way back to the city .
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 44:13, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (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.44.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.13.W4.S1) and character.