Judges 20:46:7Judg.20.46.W7TAB
אִ֛ישׁ
ish
“man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- man
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
e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH
- clause
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
va-ye-HI khol-ha-no-fe-LIM mi-bin-ya-MIN e-se-RIM va-kha-mi-SHA E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev ba-YOM ha-HU et-kol-E-le an-she-kha-YIL
Exegesis
The additive numeral structure esrim-vachamisha-elef {עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אֶלֶף | ʿê-srîm va-ḥă-mi-ššā́ ʾé-leph} ‘twenty and five thousand’ quantifies ish {אִישׁ | īsh} ‘men’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man, individual”
In context — Judges 20:46
And all the fallen from Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword on that day; all these were men of valor .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:46:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 20:46, so the Hebrew word אִ֛ישׁ (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.20.46.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.46.W7.S1) and character.