וְאִ֛ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאִ֛ישׁ

   ve-ISH

   and a man or each one
2. clause🔊 כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ וְאִ֛ישׁ שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

   ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu ne-LEKH ve-ISH she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA na-a-SE

   for after our plans we will go and a man or each one stubbornness of his heart, the evil we will do
3. sentence🔊 וְאָמְר֖וּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ וְאִ֛ישׁ שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבּֽוֹ־הָרָ֖ע נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃

   ve-o-me-RU no-ASH ki-a-kha-RE ma-khe-she-vo-TEI-nu ne-LEKH ve-ISH she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA na-a-SE

   and they will say it is hopeless for after our plans we will go and a man or each one stubbornness of his heart, the evil we will do

Exegesis

The construct chain ve’îš šərîrût libbô-hārāʿ {וְאִישׁ שְׁרִרוּת לִבּוֹ־הָרָע | wə’îš šərîrût libbô-hārāʿ} ‘and each man the stubbornness of his evil heart’ links each individual (ve’îš) with moral resolve through šərîrût libbô-hārāʿ, highlighting defiant will. English SVO order clarifies the causative and volitional structure.