Proverbs 16:29:1Prov.16.29.W1TAB

אִ֣ישׁ

ish

a man

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
a 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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. clause

    ISH kha-MAS ye-fat-TE re-E-HU

  3. sentence

    ISH kha-MAS ye-fat-TE re-E-HU ve-ho-li-KHO be-DE-rekh LO-toV

Exegesis

The verse opens with the construct ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ specified by chamas {חָמָס | ḥāmās} ‘violence’, forming a subject phrase ‘violent man’.

Root and etymology

Rootʾ y š

man, individual

In contextProverbs 16:29

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him in a path that is not good.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 16:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 16:29, 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.16.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.29.W1.S1) and character.