Deuteronomy 17:2:9Deut.17.2.W9PAT

אִ֣ישׁ

ish

a man

Transliteration
ISH
Extended
EESH
IPA
/ˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
a man
French
un homme
Spanish
un hombre
Portuguese
um homem
German
ein Mann
Russian
мужчина
Arabic-Simplified
رجل
Hindi
एक पुरुष
Chinese-Simplified
一个男人
Korean
한 남자
Indonesian
seorang laki-laki
Bengali
একজন পুরুষ
Tagalog
isang lalaki
Swahili
mwanaume
Amharic
ወንድ ሰው
Yoruba
ọkùnrin
Igbo
nwoke
Twi
ɔbarima
Ewe
ame

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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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ISH oh-i-SHAH

  3. clause

    ISH oh-i-SHAH a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-EY-NEI ye-ho-VAH-e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO

  4. sentence

    ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-REE-KHA a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH ISH oh-i-SHAH a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-EY-NEI ye-ho-VAH-e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO

In contextDeuteronomy 17:2

a man or a woman among you in one of your gates the LORD your God gives to you if found who does the evil in the eyes of the LORD your God to transgress his covenant

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 17:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:2, 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 Deut.17.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.2.W9.S1) and character.