Joshua 14:6:16Josh.14.6.W16TAB
אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים
ishhaelohim
“the man of God”
- Transliteration
- ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM
- Extended
- EESH-hah-eh-loh-HEEM
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.ha.ʔɛloˈhiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man of God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-mo-SHEH ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
a-TA ya-DAT-ta et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM al-o-do-TAI ve-al-o-do-TEI-kha be-ka-DESH-bar-NE-a
- sentence
va-yig-SHU be-NEI-ye-hu-DAH el-ye-ho-SHU-a ba-gil-GAL va-YO-mer e-LAV ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH hak-ke-ni-ZI a-TA ya-DAT-ta et-ha-da-VAR a-sher-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH ISH-ha-e-lo-HIM al-o-do-TAI ve-al-o-do-TEI-kha be-ka-DESH-bar-NE-a
Exegesis
The title ish-haElohim {אִישׁ-הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîš-ha-ʾĕ-lō·hîm} denotes Moses’s prophetic authority. The paired pronouns in al-odotai ve-al-odoteikha underscore the promise’s personal relevance. Finally, Kadesh Barnea marks the geographic origin of the divine word.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-הaleph–lamed–heh
“God”
In context — Joshua 14:6
And the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You have known the word which the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you at Kadesh Barnea.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Joshua 14:6, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים (ishhaelohim) 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 Josh.14.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.6.W16.S1) and character.