Judges 13:8:7Judg.13.8.W7TAB

אִ֣ישׁ

ish

the man

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
the man

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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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ISH ha-e-lo-HIM

  3. clause

    BI a-do-NAI ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER sha-la-KHTA ya-VO-na OD e-LEI-nu ve-yo-RE-nu ma-na-a-SE la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD

  4. sentence

    va-ye-e-TAHR ma-NO-akh el-Ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAHR BI a-do-NAI ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER sha-la-KHTA ya-VO-na OD e-LEI-nu ve-yo-RE-nu ma-na-a-SE la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD

Exegesis

The noun phrase ish haElohim {אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîš hāʾĕlōhîm} “man of God” is modified by the relative clause asher shalachta {אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַחְתָּ | ʾăšer šālaḥtā} “whom You sent.”

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–nun–shin

man; mortal being

In contextJudges 13:8

And Manoah pleaded with the LORD and said, “O my Lord , please let the man of God whom You sent come again and teach us what we should do for the child who is to be born.”

About this coordinate

Judges 13:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 13:8, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (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 Judg.13.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.8.W7.S1) and character.