Proverbs 6:12:3Prov.6.12.W3TAB
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
A-dam be-li-YA-al ISH A-ven
- sentence
A-dam be-li-YA-al ISH A-ven ho-LEKH i-ke-SHUT PE
Exegesis
The verse employs an appositional parallelism between adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} ‘man’ and ish aven {אִישׁ אָוֶן | ʾîš ā-ven} ‘man of wickedness,’ intensifying the moral indictment.
Root and etymology
RootAleph–Yod–Shin
“man, individual”
In context — Proverbs 6:12
A man of worthlessness , a man of wickedness, walks with a crooked mouth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 6:12, 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.6.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.12.W3.S1) and character.