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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #786 - אִשׁ

Transliteration

ʼish

Phonetics

eesh

Root Word (Etymology)

identical (in origin and formation) with (H784)

Parts of Speech

Adverb

TWOT

173

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) there is, there are

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

2 Samuel 1

Micah 1

HCS (0)

HCS (1)

Micah 1

BSB (1)

2 Samuel 1

ESV (2)

Micah 2

WEB (2)

2 Samuel 1

Micah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1228) s i (יסה YSh) AC: Exist CO: ? AB: ?: (eng: yes; is)

A) s i (יסה YSh) AC: Exist CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) s i (יסה YSh) - There is: Something that exists. [df: sa] KJV (135): is, be, have, can, there - Strongs: H786 (אִשׁ), H3426 (יֵשׁ)

nf^m ) i s i a (איסהי AYShY) - There is: Something that exists. [Aramaic only] KJV (17): be - Strongs: H383 (אִיתַי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אִשׁ 2 Samuel 14:19; Micah 6:10, softer form for the usual יֵשׁ (q. v.), there Isaiah , are. (compare Aramaic אִתַי, Arabic

; and on the softening of ye, yi to 'î, see Ew^{§ 53 c} Ol^{p. 425} Nö^{§ 40 c}.)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אִשׁ i.q. יֵשׁ est, sunt, is, are; Arab. أَيْسَ; Ch. אִית, אִיתַי 2 Samuel 14:19; Micah 6:10. (The notion of the verb substantive is found in Sanscr. under these letters, in the root as (whence asmi, sum, I am; esti, est, he is). Compare Zend. aste, ashti, est; Pers. است; ἑστι; Lat. esse, est.

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List of Word Forms

אִ֣שׁ ׀ אש ’iš ish