Judges 21:10:5Judg.21.10.W5TAB
אִ֖ישׁ
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-yish-le-KHU-SHAM ha-e-DA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH mib-be-NEI he-kha-YIL
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU-SHAM ha-e-DA she-NEIM-a-SAHR E-lef ISH mib-be-NEI he-kha-YIL va-ye-tsa-VU o-TAM le-MOR le-KHU ve-hi-KI-tem et-yo-she-VEI ya-VESH gil-AD le-fi-KHE-rev ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man”
In context — Judges 21:10
So the assembly sent twelve thousand men from the sons of valor, and they commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead by the edge of the sword, including the women and the little ones .”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 21:10, so the Hebrew word אִ֖ישׁ (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.21.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.10.W5.S1) and character.