Proverbs 21:17:1Prov.21.17.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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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH
- clause
ISH makh-SOR o-HEV sim-KHA
- sentence
ISH makh-SOR o-HEV sim-KHA o-HEV ya-yin-va-SHE-men LO ya-a-SHIR
Exegesis
The construct ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ and machsor {מַחְסוֹר | maḥsôr} ‘poverty’ form a genitive phrase “man of poverty.”
In context — Proverbs 21:17
Whoever loves pleasure will be a man of poverty; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 21:17, 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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.17.W1.S1) and character.