Judges 19:7:2Judg.19.7.W2TAB
הָאִ֖ישׁ
haish
“the man”
- Transliteration
- ha-ISH
- Extended
- haa-EESH
- IPA
- /haːˈʔiːʃ/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-KAM ha-ISH
- clause
va-ya-KAM ha-ISH la-LE-khet
- sentence
va-ya-KAM ha-ISH la-LE-khet va-yif-TSAR-BO kho-TE-no va-ya-SHAV va-ya-LEN SHAM
Exegesis
The subject of the first clause is the man (hāʼîš {הָאִישׁ | hāʼîš} ‘the man’), whose purpose is conveyed by the infinitive construct lālĕ́keṯ {לָלֶכֶת | lālĕ́keṯ} ‘to go’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, person”
In context — Judges 19:7
And the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged , so he returned and spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 19:7, so the Hebrew word הָאִ֖ישׁ (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.19.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.7.W2.S1) and character.