Judges 18:16:2Judg.18.16.W2TAB
אִ֗ישׁ
ish
“man or men”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- man or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH
- clause
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar
- sentence
ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar a-SHER mib-be-NE-DAN
Exegesis
This governs ish {אִ֗ישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ as its head, establishing the subject.
In context — Judges 18:16
And six hundred men from the tribe of Dan , girded with their weapons, stood at the entrance of the gate.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:16, so the Hebrew word אִ֗ישׁ (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.18.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.16.W2.S1) and character.