Ish (איש) means man in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
man
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Ish.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1זכר המין האנושי בבגרותו.
וַתֹּאמַרְןָ, אִישׁ מִצְרִי הִצִּילָנוּ מִיַּד הָרֹעִים; וְגַם־דָּלֹה דָלָה לָנוּ, וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת־הַצֹּאן.
- 2אדם חשוב. (בימינו רק בצורת הריבוי "אישים"; במקרא גם בצורת הריבוי "אנשים").
וַיִּשְׁלַח אֹתָם מֹשֶׁה מִמִּדְבַּר פָּארָן, עַל־פִּי יהוה; כֻּלָּם אֲנָשִׁים, רָאשֵׁי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה.
- 3מישהו נשוי.
אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה, אָמַר – הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵרֹנֵךְ, בְּעֶצֶב תֵּלְדִי בָנִים; וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ, וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּךְ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Ish is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אִישׁ
- Written without vowel points
- איש
- Said
- ish
- Root
- א־ו־ש
- Pattern
- קִיל
- Plural
- אֲנָשִׁים גם אִישִׁים
- Inflections
- ר' אֲנָשִׁים גם אִישִׁים, אַנְשֵׁי־ או אִישֵׁי־
- Gematria
- 311
This is how Ish is said in other languages.
- English
- man
- Arabic
- فتى, رجل, انسان
These words mean nearly the same as Ish.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Ish.
- אישה
- גברתlady
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Ish.
The word Ish is part of these phrases and sayings.
- איש אגרוף
- איש אדמה
- איש אל רעהו
- איש אלהים
- איש אמת
- איש אמון
- איש אשכולות
- איש ביטחון
- איש הביניים
- איש ברזל
- איש ברית
- איש בשורה
- איש דברים
- איש דמים
- איש האתמול
- איש הישוב
- איש הישר בעיניו יעשה
- איש העוגן
- איש המחר
- איש זאב
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Ish comes from the root א־ו־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Ish in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Ish.
What does Ish (איש) mean in Hebrew?
Ish (איש) means man. It is said ish, with the stress on ish.
What is a synonym for Ish (איש)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Ish (איש) are אנוש, בחור, בן אדם, ברנש, גבר, and בעל.
What is the opposite of Ish (איש)?
Words that mean the opposite of Ish (איש) are אישה and גברת.
What rhymes with Ish (איש)?
Words that rhyme with Ish (איש) include פטיש, גביש, גמיש, עכביש, קשיש, and אדיש.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry איש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.