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Judges 20:48

“And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אִישׁʼîysh · eesh
H376 · Hebrew
Definition
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Derivation
contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
KJV renderings
also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802 (אִשָּׁה).
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • אִ֨ישׁ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HC/Ncmsc
Usage
Occurs 2,187 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:24Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:16Genesis 4:1

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אִישׁ here.

Verse 47

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.