Judges 16:19:4Judg.16.19.W4TAB
לָאִ֔ישׁ
laish
“to the man”
- Transliteration
- la-ISH
- Extended
- laa-EESH
- IPA
- /laːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
va-tik-RA la-ISH
- clause
va-te-yash-SHE-ne-HU al-BIR-ke-HA va-tik-RA la-ISH va-te-gal-LAKH et-SHE-va makh-le-FOT ro-SHO
- sentence
va-te-yash-SHE-ne-HU al-BIR-ke-HA va-tik-RA la-ISH va-te-gal-LAKH et-SHE-va makh-le-FOT ro-SHO va-ta-KHEL le-a-NO-to va-ya-SAR ko-KHO me-a-LAIV
In context — Judges 16:19
And she made him sleep on her knees; then she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head . She then began to afflict him , and his strength departed from him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:19, so the Hebrew word לָאִ֔ישׁ (laish) 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.16.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.19.W4.S1) and character.