BDB389
אִישׁ2166
noun masculine
man ( = vir) (
MI
,
SI
, Phoenician אש, perhaps also Sabean אסם compare Prätl.c, but DHMZMG 1883,
330) — ׳
א absolute Gen 2:23 +; construct Gen 25:27 +; suffix אִישִׁי
Gen 29:32 +,
etc.; plural אִישִׁים
Ps 141:4 + 2 t.
(Phoenician אשם); usually אֲנָשִׁים
Gen 12:20 +,
from √ אנשׁ q. v.; construct אַנְשֵׁי
Judg 6:27 +; suffix
אֲנָשַׁי
1Sam 23:12
etc.; — man, opposed to woman Gen 2:23; Gen 2:24; Lev 20:27; Num 5:6; Deut 17:2f; Josh 6:21; Josh 8:25; Jer 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Gen 19:8; Gen 24:16; Gen 38:25; Exod 22:15; Lev 15:16 (
שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע) Lev 15:18 (וְאִשָּׁה
׳
זֿ
׳
אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ) Lev 20:10 f; Num 5:13f; Deut 22:22f; Isa 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix
Gen 3:6; Gen 3:16; Gen 16:3; Gen 29:32; Gen 29:34; Lev 21:7; Num 30:7f; Deut 28:56; Judg 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1Sam 25:19; Jer 29:6; Ezek 16:45 +;
figurative of ׳
י as husband of Israel אִישִׁי
Hos 2:18 (opposed
to בַּעְלִּי); man as procreator, father Eccl 6:3 of male child
Gen 4:1 compare
זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים
1Sam 1:11
man, opposed to beast Exod 11:7; Lev 20:15 (compare אָדָם); compare figurative Ps 22:7 but also of male of
animals Gen 7:2 (twice
in verse) (אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ); man, opposed to God Gen 32:29; Num 23:19
לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב (|| וּבֶןאָֿדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם); Job 9:32; Job 32:13; Hos 11:9 compare Isa 31:8; Job 12:10 (רוּחַ
כָּלבְּֿשַׂר
אִישׁ); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים
2Sam 7:14 (||
נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי
אָדָם); לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים
Ezek 24:17;
Ezek 24:22 [
אֲנָשִׁים
Ezek 24:17;
Ezek 24:22 is
textual error; We (apparently Sm) אֲנֻשִׁים; ToyHpt
אוֺנִים (
Hos 9:4).] (compare Isa 8:1); אַמַּתאִֿישׁ
Deut 3:11 but also
contracted אָדָם
Ps 49:3; Ps 62:10
man, as valiant 1Sam 4:9 (twice in verse) (וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים) so 1Kgs 2:2 compare 1Sam 26:15 so
אִישׁ חַיִל
1Sam 31:12;
2Sam 24:9; 1Kgs 1:42 +; also
אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה
Num 31:49; Deut 2:14; Deut 2:16; Josh 5:4; Josh 5:6 +; even of
׳
י
Exod 15:3
יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition אָדוֺן
׳
א
Gen 42:30; Gen 42:33,
שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט
׳
א
Exod 2:14,
כֹּהֵן
׳
א
Lev 21:9,
סָרִיס
׳
א
Jer 38:7
particular before adjective, of a people אִישׁ מִצְרִי
Gen 39:1; Exod 2:11; Exod 2:19 compare
Gen 37:28; Gen 38:1; Gen 38:2; Gen 39:14; 1Sam 17:12; 1Sam 30:11; 1Sam 30:13 +; a
man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Num 25:6; Judg 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural
אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל
1Sam 7:11; 1Sam 31:7 (twice in
verse) compare Josh 7:4
; Josh 7:5 +; also
singularcollective
Deut 27:14; Josh
9:6; Josh 9:7
; Judg 20:11;
1Sam 11:8 (see
Dr) +; 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8 (טוֺב
׳
א); (so
MI10
;
MI13
); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1Sam 18:27; 1Sam 23:3 f 1Sam 24:3; 1Sam 25:13 + compare Deut 33:8 singular collective see Di; אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים
man of God = prophet Deut 33:1; Josh 14:6; 1Sam 9:6f; 1Kgs 12:13f + (see אלהים); in phrase followed by abstract
אִישׁ חַיִל, מִלְחָמָה
׳
א see above; שֵׂיבָה
׳
א
Deut 32:25,
הַדָּמִים
׳
א
2Sam 16:7 compare
see 8, הַבְּלִיַּעַל
׳
א
2Sam 16:7,
מָוֶת
׳
א
1Kgs 2:26,
חָמָס
׳
א
Ps 140:12;
Prov 3:31 +;
followed by word of occupation, etc. שָׂדֶה
׳
א
Gen 25:27,
הָאֲדָמָה
׳
א
Gen 9:20 (compare
Zech 13:5),
׳
א
הַבֵּנַיִם
champion
1Sam 17:4 (compare
Dr) 1Sam 17:23, בְּשׂרָה
׳
א
2Sam 18:20,
אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ
his counsellor
Isa 40:13,
compare אִישׁ חֶרְמִי
1Kgs 20:42,
רֵעִים
׳
א
Prov 18:24
often distributive = each, every
Gen 9:5; Gen 10:5; Gen 40:5 (twice in
verse); Exod 12:3
+; including women
Job 42:11;
1Chr 16:3
וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָלאִֿישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד
אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּרלֶֿחֶם; of inanimate things 1Kgs 7:30; 1Kgs 7:36 also אִישׁ אִישׁ
Exod 36:4; Num 4:19; Num 4:49; Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:7 +;
any one
Exod 34:3 (twice in
verse); Exod 34:24
+; also אִישׁ אִישׁ
Lev 15:2; Lev 22:4; Lev 22:18 +; of
gods 2Kgs 18:33
= Isa 36:18
one…another
וְהִרְגוּ אִישֿׁ
אֶתאָֿחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶתקְֿרֹבוֺ
Exod 32:27,
אִישׁ ֗֗֗
אָחִיו
Deut 1:16; Mic 7:2 (see
אָח
), אִישׁרֵ֗֗֗עֵהוּ
Gen 11:3; Gen 11:7 + (see
רֵעַ
) of inanimate things Gen 15:10.