1 Kings 14:2:31 Kgs.14.2.W3TAB
לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ
leishto
“to his wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-TO
- Extended
- leh-ish-TOH
- IPA
- /ləʔiʃˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ish-TO
- clause
va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-rav-AM le-ish-TO ku-MI NA ve-hish-ta-NIT ve-LO ye-de-U ki-e-TI AT E-shet ya-rav-AM ve-ha-LAKHT shi-LO hi-NE-sham a-khi-YA ha-na-VI hu-di-BER a-LAI le-ME-lekh al-ha-AM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The phrase leishto {לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ | le’îšṯō} ‘to his wife’ identifies the addressee immediately before the imperative kumi {ק֤וּמִי | qūmī} ‘arise’ plus the entreaty particle na {נָא֙ | nā}, conveying polite urgency.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman; spouse”
In context — 1 Kings 14:2
And Jeroboam said to his wife , “Arise, please, and disguise yourself , so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. And go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there—he spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:2, so the Hebrew word לְאִשְׁתּ֗וֹ (leishto) 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 Kgs.14.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.2.W3.S1) and character.