Lexicon
יִשְׁוִי
yish.vi
H3441
N:N--PG Hebrew

Ishvite

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yish.vi identifies the Ishvite clan within Asher’s listed descendants.

The attested form identifies the Ishvite clan in the enumeration of Asher’s family groups in Numbers 26:44.

Senses in use

  1. Designation of an Asherite clan · dominant

    In Numbers 26:44, the masculine singular gentilic form occurs in the sequence of Asher’s clans, alongside the groups named from Imnah and Beriah; the APB renders the clause “Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Numbers 26:44, the APB presents the term in the phrase “the clan of the Ishvites”; The precise contribution of the Hebrew form is indicated chiefly by its gentilic morphology and clan-list context.

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