1 Chronicles 16:3:91 Chr.16.3.W9TAB
וַאֲשִׁישָֽׁה׃
vaashisha
“and a raisin cake”
- Transliteration
- va-a-shi-SHA
- Extended
- vah-ah-shih-SHAA
- IPA
- /waʔăʃiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a raisin cake
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-shi-SHA
- clause
le-ISH ki-KAR-LE-khem ve-esh-PAR va-a-shi-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-kha-LEK le-khol-Ish yis-ra-EL me-ISH ve-ad-i-SHA le-ISH ki-KAR-LE-khem ve-esh-PAR va-a-shi-SHA
Exegesis
Finally, the coordinated sequence ve-eshpar va-ashishah {וְאֶשְׁפָּר וַאֲשִׁישָׁה | wə-ʾeš-pār va-ʾă-šî-šāh} enumerates the feast items, highlighting the threefold celebratory provision. The English rendering reflects Hebrew word order and emphatic inclusivity.
Root and etymology
א־ש־ש
“pressed cake”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:3
And he distributed to every man of Israel, from man even to woman, to each a loaf of bread, a portion , and a raisin cake .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Chronicles 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשִׁישָֽׁה׃ (vaashisha) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.16.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.3.W9.S1) and character.