Judges 18:11:8Judg.18.11.W8TAB
אִ֔ישׁ
ish
“men”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- men
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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
SHESH-me-OT ISH
- clause
SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-GUR ke-LEI mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-yis-E-u mi-SHAM mi-mi-she-pa-KHAT ha-da-NI mi-tsa-re-A u-me-esh-ta-OL SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-GUR ke-LEI mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The cardinal construction shesh-me’ot ish {שֵֽׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֔ישׁ | shesh-me’ot ish} ‘six hundred men’ combines a numeral with a singular noun to denote plurality.
In context — Judges 18:11
And they set out from there, from the clan of the Danite , from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with gear .
About this coordinate
Judges 18:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 18:11, so the Hebrew word אִ֔ישׁ (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.18.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.11.W8.S1) and character.