Numbers 17:5:2Num.17.5.W2TABWLC Numbers 17:20

הָאִ֞ישׁ

haish

the man

Transliteration
ha-ISH
Extended
hah-EESH
IPA
/haˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
the man

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Result
הָ + אִ֞ישׁ
ha + ish
haish

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ISH

  2. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER ev-KHAR-BO ma-TEH-hu yif-RACH va-ha-shi-KO-ti me-a-LAI et-te-lu-NO-tai be-NEI-yis-ra-EL a-SHER HEM ma-li-NIM a-LEI HEM a-LEI-khem

Exegesis

The relative clause formed by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾǎ-šer} attached to ha’ish {הָאִישׁ | hā-ʾîš} and the verb evchar bo {אֶבְחַר־בוֹ | ʾev-ḥǎr bō} (‘the man whom I choose’) underscores divine selection.

In contextNumbers 17:5

And it shall be that the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout; and I will remove from upon Me the persistent protests of the sons of Israel who are complaining against you.

About this coordinate

Numbers 17:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 17:5, so the Hebrew word הָאִ֞ישׁ (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.17.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.5.W2.S1) and character.