אֵ֣שֶׁת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֵ֣שֶׁת

   E-shet

   wife of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם

   E-shet ya-rav-AM

   wife of Jeroboam
3. clause🔊 וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֙קָם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה

   va-ta-AS KEN E-shet ya-rav-AM va-ta-KAM va-te-LEKH shi-LO va-ta-VO BET a-khi-YA

   and she did so or thus wife of Jeroboam and she arose and she went to Shiloh and she came house of Ahijah
4. sentence🔊 וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֙קָם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

   va-ta-AS KEN E-shet ya-rav-AM va-ta-KAM va-te-LEKH shi-LO va-ta-VO BET a-khi-YA va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO

   and she did so or thus wife of Jeroboam and she arose and she went to Shiloh and she came house of Ahijah and Ahijah was not able to see for or because had arisen his eyes from his grayness or from old age

Exegesis

The construct eshet Yarav‘am links eshet {אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾē-šeṯ} ‘wife of’ with Yarav‘am {יָרָבְעָ֔ם | Yā-rā-ve-‘ām} ‘Jeroboam’, and the unarticulated Shiloh {שִׁלֹ֔ה | Šî-lô} functions as a geographic destination.

Root and etymology

א־שׁ־ה🔊 aleph–shin–heh

“woman; spouse”

• 🔊 אִשָּׁהīshāhwifeGenesis 2:22