Jeremiah 20:15:2Jer.20.15.W2TAB

הָאִ֗ישׁ

haish

the man

Transliteration
ha-ISH
Extended
haa-EESH
IPA
/haːˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
the man

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Result
הָ + אִ֗ישׁ
ha + ish
haish

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    ha-ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-RUR ha-ISH

  3. clause

    a-RUR ha-ISH a-SHER bi-SAR et-A-vi le-MOR yu-LAD-le-kha BEN za-KHAR

  4. sentence

    a-RUR ha-ISH a-SHER bi-SAR et-A-vi le-MOR yu-LAD-le-kha BEN za-KHAR sam-ME-akh sim-kha-HU

Exegesis

A relative clause uses ha-ish {הָאִ֗ישׁ | hā-ʾîš} asher {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾă-šer} bissar {בִּשַּׂ֤ר | bis-sar} ‘brought news,’ where the pi‘el perfect denotes an emphatic report.

In contextJeremiah 20:15

Cursed be the man who brought good news to my father, saying, “A male child has been born to you,” making him exceedingly glad .

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 20:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jeremiah 20:15, so the Hebrew word הָאִ֗ישׁ (haish) 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 Jer.20.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.20.15.W2.S1) and character.