Numbers 16:22:8Num.16.22.W8TAB
הָאִישׁ
haish
“shall one man”
- Transliteration
- ha-ISH
- Extended
- hah-EESH
- IPA
- /haˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall one man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-ISH
- clause
le-KHOL-ba-SAR ha-ISH e-KHAD ye-khe-TA ve-AL kol-ha-e-DA tik-TSOF
- sentence
va-yip-LU al-pe-NEI-hem va-yom-RU EL e-lo-HEI ha-ru-KHOT le-KHOL-ba-SAR ha-ISH e-KHAD ye-khe-TA ve-AL kol-ha-e-DA tik-TSOF
Exegesis
In the conditional clause hāʾîš ʾeḥād yiḥtāʾ wə-ʿal kol-hāʿēdāh tiqṣōp̄ {הָאִישׁ אֶחָד יֶחֱטָא וְעַל כָּל־הָעֵדָה תִּקְצֹף}, the imperfect verbs convey deliberative inquiry about divine response, and the preserved Hebrew word order reinforces rhetorical emphasis.
Root and etymology
aleph-yod-shinaleph-yod-shin
“man, individual”
In context — Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces and said, “O God , God of the spirits of all flesh, if one man sins, will You be angry with the entire assembly?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 16:22, so the Hebrew word הָאִישׁ (haish) 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.16.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.22.W8.S1) and character.