Judges 20:41:1Judg.20.41.W1TAB
וְאִ֤ישׁ
veish
“and a man of”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL
- clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-FAKH va-yib-ba-HEL ISH bin-ya-MIN
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-FAKH va-yib-ba-HEL ISH bin-ya-MIN KI ra-AH ki-na-ga-AH a-LAV ha-ra-AH
Exegesis
The narrative employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs, beginning with ve’ish yiśraʼēl hāphaḵ {וְאִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הָפַ֔ךְ | və-ʾîš yiśrāʼēl hāphaḵ} ‘and the men of Israel turned’, signaling a sudden reversal.
Root and etymology
Root’sh
“man, person”
In context — Judges 20:41
And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified , for they saw that the disaster had come upon them.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 20:41, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֤ישׁ (veish) 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.20.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.41.W1.S1) and character.