Judges 21:1:6Judg.21.1.W6TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
ish
“a man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
ISH mi-ME-nu
- clause
ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
Exegesis
A second ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} with mimenu {מִמֶּנּוּ | mim-men-nû} emphasizes inclusivity.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man”
In context — Judges 21:1
And the men of Israel swore at Mizpah , saying, “No man among us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:1, 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.21.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.1.W6.S1) and character.