Judges 20:41:5Judg.20.41.W5TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“the man of”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the man of
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 bin-ya-MIN
- 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
This is followed by vayyi-bāhēl ʾîš binyāmin {וַיִבָּהֵ֖ל אִ֣ישׁ בִּנְיָמִ֑ן | vayyi-bāhēl ʾîš binyāmin} ‘and the men of Benjamin were terrified’, where the Nifal stem conveys that they were overcome by fear.
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 20:41:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:41, 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.20.41.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.41.W5.S1) and character.