Numbers 14:4:2Num.14.4.W2TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
eesh
“a man”
- Transliteration
- EESH
- 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
EESH
- phraseyour reading level
EESH el-a-KHIv
- clause
va-yom-ROO EESH el-a-KHIv
- sentence
va-yom-ROO EESH el-a-KHIv nit-NAH ROSH ve-na-shu-VAH mits-ra-YMAH
Exegesis
The idiom ish el-achiv {אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֑יו | ʾîš ʾel-ʾā-ḥî-w} ‘each man to his brother’ conveys mutual consultation within the group.
Root and etymology
’-y-shaleph-yod-shin
“man, individual”
In context — Numbers 14:4
And each man said to his brother, “Let us appoint a leader and let us return to Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 14:4, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (eesh) 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 Num.14.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.4.W2.S1) and character.