אִישׁ 2166 noun masculine man (=
vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician
אש, perhaps also Sabean
אסם compare Prät
l.c., but DHM
ZMG 1883, 330) —
א׳ absolute
Genesis 2:23 +; construct
Genesis 25:27 +; suffix
אִישִׁי Genesis 29:32 +, etc.; plural
אִישִׁים Psalm 141:4 +
2 times (Phoenician
אשם); usually
אֲנָשִׁים Genesis 12:20 +, from √
אנשׁ which see; construct
אַנְשֵׁי Judges 6:27 +; suffix
אֲנָשַׁי 1 Samuel 23:12 etc.; —
man, opposed to woman
Genesis 2:23,
24;
Leviticus 20:27;
Numbers 5:6;
Deuteronomy 17:2f;
Joshua 6:21;
Joshua 8:25;
Jeremiah 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation
Genesis 19:8;
Genesis 24:16;
Genesis 38:25;
Exodus 22:15;
Leviticus 15:16 (
שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע)
Leviticus 15:18 (
בֶּןא׳ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ׳־ז׳ וְאִשָּׁה)
Leviticus 20:10f;
Numbers 5:13f;
Deuteronomy 22:22f;
Isaiah 4:1 +; thence =
husband, especially with suffix
Genesis 3:6,
16;
Genesis 16:3;
Genesis 29:32,
34;
Leviticus 21:7;
Numbers 30:7f;
Deuteronomy 28:56;
Judges 13:8f;
Ruth 1:3f;
1 Samuel 25:19;
Jeremiah 29:6;
Ezekiel 16:45 +; figurative of
י׳ as husband of Israel
אִישִׁי Hosea 2:18 (opposed to
בַּעְלִּי);
man as procreator, father
Ecclesiastes 6:3; of
male child Genesis 4:1 compare
זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים 1 Samuel 1:11;
man, opposed to beast
Exodus 11:7;
Leviticus 20:15 (compare
אָדָם); compare figurative
Psalm 22:7 but also of male of animals
Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse) (
אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ);
man, opposed to God
Genesis 32:29;
Numbers 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב (||
וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם);
Job 9:32;
Job 32:13;
Hosea 11:9 compare
Isaiah 31:8;
Job 12:10 (
רוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר אִישׁ); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common
שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים 2 Samuel 7:14 (||
נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם);
לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17,
22 [
**אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17;
Ezekiel 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm)
אֲנֻשִׁים; Toy
Hpt אוֺנִים (
Hos 9:4).] (compare
Isaiah 8:1);
אַמַּת־אִישׁ Deuteronomy 3:11; but also contracted
אָדָם Psalm 49:3;
Psalm 62:10;
man, as valiant
1 Samuel 4:9 (twice in verse) (
וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים) so,
1 Kings 2:2 compare
1 Samuel 26:15; so
אִישׁ חַיִל [
H381 1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Kings 1:42] +; also
אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה Numbers 31:49;
Deuteronomy 2:14,
16;
Joshua 5:4,
6 +; even of
י׳ Exodus 15:3 יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition
אָדוֺן א׳ Genesis 42:30,
33,
שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט א׳ Exodus 2:14,
כֹּהֵן א׳ Leviticus 21:9,
סָרִיס א׳ Jeremiah 38:7; particular before adjective, of a people
אִישׁ מִצְרִי Genesis 39:1;
Exodus 2:11,
19 compare
Genesis 37:28;
Genesis 38:1,
2;
Genesis 39:14;
1 Samuel 17:12;
1 Samuel 30:11,
13 +; a
man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people
Numbers 25:6;
Judges 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural
אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 7:11;
1 Samuel 31:7 (twice in verse) compare
Joshua 7:4,
5 +; also singular collective
Deuteronomy 27:14;
Joshua 9:6,
7;
Judges 20:11;
1 Samuel 11:8 (see Dr) +; [
H382 2 Samuel 10:6, 8] (
טוֺב א׳); (so MI
10; MI
13);
men = retainers, followers, soldiers
1 Samuel 18:27;
1 Samuel 23:3; f
1 Samuel 24:3;
1 Samuel 25:13 —
Deuteronomy 33:8 singular collective see Di;
אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים man of God = prophet
Deuteronomy 33:1;
Joshua 14:6;
1 Samuel 9:6f;
1 Kings 12:13f + (see
אלהים); in phrase followed by abstract
אִישׁ חַיִל,
מִלְחָמָה א׳ see above;
שֵׂיבָה א׳ Deuteronomy 32:25,
הַדָּמִים א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7 compare see 8,
הַבְּלִיַּעַל א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7,
מָוֶת א׳ 1 Kings 2:26,
חָמָס א׳ Psalm 140:12;
Proverbs 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc.
שָׂדֶה א׳ Genesis 25:27,
הָאֲדָמָה א׳ Genesis 9:20 (compare
Zechariah 13:5),
א׳ הַבֵּנַיִם champion 1 Samuel 17:4 (compare Dr)
1 Samuel 17:23,
בְּשׂרָה א׳ 2 Samuel 18:20,
אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ his counsellor Isaiah 40:13, compare
אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42,
רֵעִים א׳ Proverbs 18:24; often distributive =
each, every Genesis 9:5;
Genesis 10:5;
Genesis 40:5 (twice in verse);
Exodus 12:3 +; including women
Job 42:11;
1 Chronicles 16:3 וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּר־לֶחֶם; of inanimate things
1 Kings 7:30,
36; also
אִישׁ אִישׁ Exodus 36:4;
Numbers 4:19,
49;
Ezekiel 14:4,
7 +;
any one Exodus 34:3 (twice in verse);
Exodus 34:24 +; also
אִישׁ אִישׁ Leviticus 15:2;
Leviticus 22:4,
18 +; of gods
2 Kings 18:33 =
Isaiah 36:18;
one...another וְהִרְגוּ אִישׁ־ אֶת־אָחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶת־קְרֹבוֺ Exodus 32:27,
⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ אָחִיו Deuteronomy 1:16;
Micah 7:2 (see
אָח),
רֵעֵהוּ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ Genesis 11:3,
7 + (see
רֵעַ) of inanimate things
Genesis 15:10.
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