Numbers 17:9:10Num.17.9.W10TABWLC Numbers 17:24

אִישׁ

eesh

each man

Transliteration
EESH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
each man

Alphabet Analysis

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

    EESH

  2. sentence

    va-yo-TSE mo-SHEH ET-KOL-ha-ma-TOT mi-lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH el-KOL-be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-ya-REU va-yik-KHU EESH ma-TE-hu

Exegesis

The paired vav-consecutive forms vayyirʾū {וַיִּרְאוּ | wayyiyrʾū} ‘and they saw’ and vayyikkḥū {וַיִּקְּחוּ | wayyiyqqəḥū} ‘and they took’ coordinate group observation and action, with ish mattehu {אִישׁ מַטֵּהוּ | īš mattehû} ‘each man his staff’ highlighting individual accountability within the communal setting.

In contextNumbers 17:9

And Moses brought out all the staffs from before the LORD to all the sons of Israel. They saw, and each man took his staff .

About this coordinate

Numbers 17:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 17:9, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ (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.17.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.9.W10.S1) and character.