איש

From Proto-Semitic *ʔinš- (“man, person”). See also *ʔināš- (“human”). Compare cognates in other Semitic languages (e.g. Moabite, Aramaic, etc.) ('šm in some).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔiːʃ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiːʃ/, [ˈʔiː.iʃ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʔiʃ/, [ˈʔiːʃ]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)iʃ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /iʃ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)iʃ/

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

1. A man, adult male human being.
2. husband (a man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse)
   • Tanach, 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.'

• (husband): בַּעַל (bá`al)
• (adult male): גֶּבֶר (géver)

• אישי (ishí)
• אישיות (ishiyút)
• אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (ísh dvarím)
• אִישׁוֹן (ishón)
• אִישׁ עֲסָקִים (ísh asakím)
• אִישׁ קַשׁ (ísh kash)
• אִישׁ שֶׁלֶג (ísh shéleg)
• אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ (éshet ísh)
• בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִישׁ (b'makóm she'én anashím, hishtadél lihyót ísh)

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אִישׁ • ('ish) m

1. (formal, in negative sentences) Anyone.

   רבים ניסו, אך איש לא הצליח.

   rabím nisú, akh ish lo hitzlíakh.

   Many tried, but none [literally not a man] succeeded.

   • Tanach, 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."

• H376 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible