Judges 20:36:6Judg.20.36.W6TAB
אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל
ishyisrael
“a man of Israel”
- Transliteration
- ish-yis-ra-EL
- Extended
- ihsh-yihs-rah-EEL
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.jis.rɔˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man of Israel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-yis-ra-EL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM
- clause
va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
- sentence
va-yir-U be-NEI-vin-ya-MIN KI nig-GA-fu va-yit-NE-nu ish-yis-ra-EL ma-KOM le-vin-ya-MIN KI vat-khu el-ha-o-REV a-SHER sa-MU el-ha-giv-A
Exegesis
In the second clause, ish-yisrael maqom {אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙ | ’îš-yisrā’ēl māqôm} functions idiomatically as “yielding ground.”
Root and etymology
Root’sh
“man, person”
In context — Judges 20:36
And the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down, and the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin because they trusted in the ambush that they had set at Gibeah .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 20:36, so the Hebrew word אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל (ishyisrael) 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.20.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.36.W6.S1) and character.