Jeremiah 23:30:7Jer.23.30.W7TAB

אִ֖ישׁ

ish

a man, each one

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
a man, each one

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. clause

    me-gan-ne-VE de-va-RAI ISH me-ET re-E-hu

  3. sentence

    la-KHEN hin-NE al-ha-ne-vi-IM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH me-gan-ne-VE de-va-RAI ISH me-ET re-E-hu

Exegesis

Finally, the distributive phrase ish me'et re'ehu {אִישׁ מֵאֵת רֵעֵהוּ | ʾîš mē-ʾêṯ rē-ʿê-hu} clarifies that each prophet takes from his neighbor. The Hebrew front-loading of divine judgment heightens the denunciation before detailing the wrongdoing.

In contextJeremiah 23:30

“Therefore, look, I am against the prophets ,” declares the LORD , “who steal My words, each from his neighbor.”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 23:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 23:30, so the Hebrew word אִ֖ישׁ (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 Jer.23.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.30.W7.S1) and character.