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).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)iʃ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ʔiːʃ]

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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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• (husband): בעל‎ (ba`al)

• 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)

• חבוב‎

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.

   • 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