Judges 19:6:9Judg.19.6.W9TAB
אֶל־הָאִ֔ישׁ
elhaish
“to the man”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ISH
- Extended
- ehl-haa-EESH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ISH
- clause
va-yo-MER a-VI ha-na-a-RA el-ha-ISH ho-EL-na ve-LIN ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha
- sentence
va-yesh-VU va-yokh-LU she-NEI-hem yakh-DAV va-yish-TU va-yo-MER a-VI ha-na-a-RA el-ha-ISH ho-EL-na ve-LIN ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, person”
In context — Judges 19:6
So they sat down, and the two of them ate together and drank. Then the father of the young woman said to the man, “Please be willing to stay overnight, and let your heart be glad.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 19:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָאִ֔ישׁ (elhaish) 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.19.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.6.W9.S1) and character.