Proverbs 25:14:5Prov.25.14.W5TAB

אִ֥ישׁ

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. phraseyour reading level

    ISH mit-he-lLEL

  3. clause

    ISH mit-he-lLEL be-mat-TAT-sha-KER

  4. sentence

    ne-si-IM ve-RU-akh ve-GE-shem A-yin ISH mit-he-lLEL be-mat-TAT-sha-KER

Exegesis

The focus shifts to ish {אִ֥ישׁ | ʾîš} ‘a man’ with the Hitpael participle, miṯhallēl {מִתְהַלֵּ֗ל | miṯhallēl} ‘boasting’, indicating habitual self-praise.

In contextProverbs 25:14

A man who boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 25:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 25:14, so the Hebrew word אִ֥ישׁ (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.25.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.14.W5.S1) and character.