Lexical Definition

‎אִישׁ־טוֹב‎ ʼÎysh-Ṭôwb (eesh-tobe') Ish-tob ^N:N--L
from ‎אִישׁ‎ and ‎טוֹב‎; man of Tob

Ish-tob.

• § Ishtob = "man of Tob"
• Ish-Tob, a place in Palestine

1) a region beyond Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead

Extended Information

group of: טוֹב (אִישׁ+טוֹב)

• Ishtob = "man of Tob"

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אִישׁ‎₂₁₆₆ noun masculine man ( = vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician ‎אש‎, perhaps also Sabean ‎אסם‎ compare Prät^l.c, but DHM^{ZMG 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) vLev 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 30:7*f; 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; Toy^Hpt ‎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) v1Sam 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 אֶתקְֿרֹבוֺ‎Exod 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.

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