Judges 20:39:10Judg.20.39.W10TAB
אִ֔ישׁ
ish
“men”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EEHSH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- men
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
ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH
- clause
u-vin-ya-MIN he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH KI a-me-RU AKH ni-GOF ni-GAF HU le-fa-NE-nu ka-mil-kha-MA ha-ri-sho-NA
- sentence
va-ya-ha-FO-kh ish-yis-ra-EL ba-mil-kha-MA u-vin-ya-MIN he-KHEL le-ha-KOT kha-la-LIM be-ish-yis-ra-EL ki-she-lo-SHIM ISH KI a-me-RU AKH ni-GOF ni-GAF HU le-fa-NE-nu ka-mil-kha-MA ha-ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The construct phrase ish-yisrael {אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʾîš yis-rā-ʾēl} conveys a collective fighter group.
Root and etymology
Root’sh
“man, person”
In context — Judges 20:39
And the men of Israel turned in the battle , and Benjamin began to strike down the slain among them, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely, they are utterly defeated before us, as in the first battle.”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:39:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:39, so the Hebrew word אִ֔ישׁ (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.20.39.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.39.W10.S1) and character.