אִישׁ ʼîysh — to be a man, i.e. act in a manly way
Translated in the KJV as show self a man.
denominative from H376; to be a man, i.e. act in a manly way.
ʼîysh in each stem
Hitpolel
Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves
Imperative 1
וְהִתְאֹשָׁ֑שׁוּ Isa 46:8 Imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›