Proverbs 15:18:1Prov.15.18.W1TAB
אִ֣ישׁ
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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Word in context
- word
ISH
- clause
ISH KHE-MA ye-ga-RE ma-DON
- sentence
ISH KHE-MA ye-ga-RE ma-DON ve-E-rekh A-pa-YIM yash-ki-TIT RIV
Exegesis
The Hebrew verse exhibits a chiastic antithesis (A–B, B′–A′) where the noun phrase ish chemah {אִישׁ חֵמָה | ʾîš ḥē-māh} ‘man of wrath’ is paralleled by the noun phrase erekh appayim {אֶ֥רֶךְ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם | ʾereḵ ʾap-pā-yim} ‘slow to anger.’
In context — Proverbs 15:18
A man of wrath stirs up strife , but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 15:18, so the Hebrew word אִ֣ישׁ (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 Prov.15.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.18.W1.S1) and character.