Judges 20:47:8Judg.20.47.W8TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- clause
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON SHESH me-OT ISH va-yesh-VU be-SE-la rim-MON ar-ba-A kho-da-SHIM
Exegesis
The cardinal expression šêš mêʾōṯ îš {שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ | šêš mêʾōṯ îš} “six hundred men” follows normal Hebrew number-noun order.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Yod–Shin
“man, individual”
In context — Judges 20:47
But six hundred men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwelled at the rock of Rimmon for four months .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:47:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 20:47, 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.20.47.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.47.W8.S1) and character.