Judges 17:8:2Judg.17.8.W2TAB
הָאִ֜ישׁ
haish
“the man”
- Transliteration
- ha-i-SH
- Extended
- haa-ih-SH
- IPA
- /haː.ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-i-SH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH ha-i-SH
- clause
va-ye-LEKH ha-i-SH me-ha-IR mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA la-GUR ba-a-SHER yim-TSA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH ha-i-SH me-ha-IR mi-BET LE-khem ye-hu-DA la-GUR ba-a-SHER yim-TSA va-ya-VO har-e-fra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA la-a-SOT dar-KO
Exegesis
Vayelekh {וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ | wayyēleḵ} ‘and he went’ introduces the action, with ha’ish {הָאִ֜ישׁ | hā’îš} ‘the man’ as subject.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — Judges 17:8
And the man went from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn wherever he might find, and as he went on his way he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 17:8, so the Hebrew word הָאִ֜ישׁ (haish) 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.17.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.8.W2.S1) and character.