Judges 15:10:2Judg.15.10.W2TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“a man of or men of”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man of or men of
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 ye-hu-DA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ISH ye-hu-DA la-MA a-li-TEM a-LEI-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH ye-hu-DA la-MA a-li-TEM a-LEI-nu va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
Exegesis
The noun ish {אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ with Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | yĕhûḏāh} ‘Judah’ conveys "men of Judah."
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — Judges 15:10
And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come to bind Samson and to do to him just as he did to us."
About this coordinate
Judges 15:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 15:10, 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.15.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.10.W2.S1) and character.