אִ֖ישׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִ֖ישׁ

   ISH

   a man
2. clause🔊 וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֗ד אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יָדְעָ֛ה אִ֖ישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר

   va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR

   and they found from the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundreds young woman a virgin who had not known a man for the lying with a male
3. sentence🔊 וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֗ד אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יָדְעָ֛ה אִ֖ישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ אוֹתָ֤ם אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ שִׁלֹ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃

   va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an

   and they found from the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundreds young woman a virgin who had not known a man for the lying with a male and they brought them to the camp Shiloh which in the land of Canaan

Exegesis

The relative clause ’ăšer lō’ yāda‘āh ’îš lᵉmiškāv zākār {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדְעָה אִישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּב זָכָר | ’ăšer lōʾ yā·ḏə·‘āh ’îš lᵉ-miškāv zākār} employs Hebrew euphemism for sexual inexperience.

Root and etymology

א־י־ש🔊 aleph–yod–shin

“man”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהishahwomanGenesis 2:23