Judges 20:16:6Judg.20.16.W6TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- man
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
ISH ba-KHUR
- clause
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO
- sentence
mi-KOL ha-AM ha-ZEH she-VA me-OT ISH ba-KHUR i-TER yad-ye-mi-NO kal-ZEH ko-LE-a ba-E-ven el-ha-sa-a-RA ve-LO ya-kha-TI
Exegesis
The participial phrases ish ba·ḥōr {אִישׁ בָּחוּר | ʾîš bā-ḥûr} and iṭṭēr yad·ye·mīnô {אִטֵּר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ | ʾiṭ·ṭêr yad yə-mî-nō} describe men chosen for skill and handedness.
Root and etymology
Root’sh
“man, person”
In context — Judges 20:16
From all these people there were seven hundred select men who were left-handed; each could sling a stone at a single hair and still not fail.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:16, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (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.20.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.16.W6.S1) and character.