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

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ISH al-kha-mo-RO

  3. clause

    va-ya-a-MOS ISH al-kha-mo-RO va-ya-SHU-vu ha-i-RA

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.