Judges 21:24:6Judg.21.24.W6TAB
אִ֥ישׁ
ish
“each man”
- Transliteration
- ISH
- Extended
- EESH
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- each 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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- phraseyour reading level
ISH le-shiv-TO
- clause
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-SHAM be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-ET ha-HI ISH le-shiv-TO u-le-mish-pa-kh-TO
- sentence
va-yit-ha-le-KHU mi-SHAM be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-ET ha-HI ISH le-shiv-TO u-le-mish-pa-kh-TO va-ye-tsu mi-SHAM ISH le-na-kha-la-TO
Exegesis
The distributive expression ish {אִ֥ישׁ | ’îš} ‘man’ emphasizes individual agency within the corporate movement.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph yod shin
“man”
In context — Judges 21:24
And the Israelites departed from there at that time, each man to his tribe and to his family , and they went out from there, each man to his inheritance.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 21:24, so the Hebrew word אִ֥ישׁ (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.21.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.24.W6.S1) and character.