Judges 21:9:5Judg.21.9.W5TAB
אִ֔ישׁ
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- clause
ve-hi-NE EN-SHAM ISH mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD
- sentence
va-yit-pa-KED ha-AM ve-hi-NE EN-SHAM ISH mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man”
In context — Judges 21:9
And the people were mustered, and behold, there was not there a man from the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 21:9, so the Hebrew word אִ֔ישׁ (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.21.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.9.W5.S1) and character.