Judges 20:44:5Judg.20.44.W5TAB
אִ֑ישׁ
ish
“man or men”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- man or 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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- clause
va-yip-PLU mib-bin-ya-MIN she-mo-NA-A-saR E-lef ISH
- sentence
va-yip-PLU mib-bin-ya-MIN she-mo-NA-A-saR E-lef ISH et-KOL-E-le an-she-KHA-yil
Exegesis
The numerals šəmōnāʾ-ʿăsār {שְׁמֹנָה־עָשָׂר | šəmōnāʾ-ʿăsār} ‘eighteen’ and ʾelef {אֶלֶף | ʾelef} ‘thousand’ appose ʾîš {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘men’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-š
“man, individual”
In context — Judges 20:44
And there fell from Benjamin eighteen thousand men , and all these were men of valor .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:44:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:44, so the Hebrew word אִ֑ישׁ (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.20.44.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.44.W5.S1) and character.