אִ֖ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֖ישׁ

   ISH

   a man
2. clause🔊 וְאִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ לְבַד֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב

   ve-ISH yis-ra-EL hit-pa-ke-DU le-VAD mi-bin-ya-MIN ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev

   and a man of Israel were mustered or were numbered apart from Benjamin four hundreds thousand a man drawing or brandishing a sword
3. sentence🔊 וְאִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הִתְפָּֽקְד֗וּ לְבַד֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב כָּל־זֶ֖ה אִ֥ישׁ מִלְחָמָֽה׃

   ve-ISH yis-ra-EL hit-pa-ke-DU le-VAD mi-bin-ya-MIN ar-BA me-OT E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev kal-ZE ISH mil-kha-MA

   and a man of Israel were mustered or were numbered apart from Benjamin four hundreds thousand a man drawing or brandishing a sword all this a man of war

Exegesis

Construct kol-zeh {כָּל־זֶה | kol-zēh} ‘all this’ resumes the enumeration, linking to ish milchamah {אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה | ʾîš mil-ḥā-māh} ‘man of war,’ defining the collective as seasoned warriors. The VSO-derived structure foregrounds communal action and military preparedness.

Root and etymology

aleph–yod–shin🔊 א־י־שaleph–yod–shin

“man, individual”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהishawomanGenesis 2:24