Proverbs 30:2:4Prov.30.2.W4TAB
מֵאִ֑ישׁ
meish
“from a man”
- Transliteration
- me-ISH
- Extended
- mee-EESH
- IPA
- /meːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-ISH
- clause
KI BA-ar a-no-KHI me-ISH
- sentence
KI BA-ar a-no-KHI me-ISH ve-LO-bi-NAT a-DAM LI
Exegesis
The comparative phrase me'ish {מֵאִישׁ | mêʾîš} ‘than a man’ sets a benchmark of common humanity.
In context — Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and I do not have the understanding of a man.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 30:2, so the Hebrew word מֵאִ֑ישׁ (meish) 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.30.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.2.W4.S1) and character.