איש

Hebrew

Root
א־נ־שׁ (ʾ-n-š)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾš (man, person). Compare cognates in other Semitic languages (e.g. Moabite, Aramaic, etc.) ('šm in some).

Pronunciation

Noun

אִישׁ ('ish) m (plural indefinite אֲנָשִׁים, singular construct אִישׁ־, plural construct אַנְשֵׁי־, feminine counterpart אישה / אִשָּׁה)

  1. A man, adult male human being.
  2. A husband, a male spouse.
    • 2 Kings 4:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      עַתָּה רוּץ נָא לִקְרָאתָהּ וֶאֱמָר לָהּ הֲשָׁלוֹם לָךְ הֲשָׁלוֹם לְאִישֵׁךְ הֲשָׁלוֹם לַיָּלֶד וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם.
      atá rúts ná lik'ratáh ve'emár láh hashalóm lákh hashalóm l'ishékh hashalóm layéled vatómer shalóm
      Run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her: Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child?' And she answered: 'It is well.'
  3. (slang) Man, dude, used as a term of address.

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See also

  • חבוב

Pronoun

אִישׁ ('ish) m

  1. (formal, in negative sentences) Anyone.
    • Exodus 16:19, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אַל־יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ עַד־בֹּקֶר׃
      Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning."
    רבים ניסו, אך איש לא הצליח.
    rabím nisú, akh ish lo hitzlíakh.
    Many tried, but none [literally not a man] succeeded.

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