Isaiah 19:2:6Isa.19.2.W6TAB

וְאִ֣ישׁ

veish

and a man

Transliteration
ve-ISH
Extended
veh-EESH
IPA
/vəˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and a man

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Result
וְ + אִ֣ישׁ
ve + ish
veish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    ve-ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ISH be-re-E-HU

  3. clause

    ve-sikh-sakh-TI mits-ra-YIM be-mits-ra-YIM ve-nil-kha-MU ish-be-a-KHIV ve-ISH be-re-E-HU

  4. sentence

    ve-sikh-sakh-TI mits-ra-YIM be-mits-ra-YIM ve-nil-kha-MU ish-be-a-KHIV ve-ISH be-re-E-HU IR be-IR mam-la-KHA be-mam-la-KHA

Exegesis

The parallel prepositional phrases ish beachiv {אִישׁ־בְּאָחִיו | ʾîš bĕ-ʾa-ḥîw} ‘man against his brother’ and ish bereehu {אִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ | ʾîš bĕ-rē-ʿê-hû} ‘man against his companion’ chart breakdown from family bonds to broader society.

In contextIsaiah 19:2

And I will stir up the Egyptians against each other, and they will fight, each man against his brother and each man against his companion, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 19:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 19:2, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֣ישׁ (veish) 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 Isa.19.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.2.W6.S1) and character.