Jeremiah 23:35:3Jer.23.35.W3TAB
אִ֥ישׁ
ish
“a man or each one”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man or each one
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH al-re-E-hu
- clause
KO to-me-RU ISH al-re-E-hu ve-ISH el-a-KHIv
- sentence
KO to-me-RU ISH al-re-E-hu ve-ISH el-a-KHIv me-a-NA Ye-ho-VAH u-ma-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The paired distributive constructions ish al-re'ehu {אִישׁ עַל־רֵעֵהוּ | ʾîš ʿal-rē-ʿê-hū} and ve-ish el-achiv {וְאִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו | wə-ʾîš ʾel-ʾā-ḥîw} deploy each man plus prepositional phrase to emphasize universal application among peers.
In context — Jeremiah 23:35
Thus you shall say, each man to his neighbor and each man to his brother, “What did the LORD answer? And what did the LORD speak?”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 23:35, so the Hebrew word אִ֥ישׁ (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.23.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.35.W3.S1) and character.