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

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH

  3. clause

    ve-SHESH-me-OT ISH kha-gu-RIM ke-LE mil-kha-MTAM ni-tsa-VIM PE-takh ha-SHA-ar

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.