1 Kings 17:10:81 Kgs.17.10.W8TAB
אִשָּׁ֥ה
isha
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA
- Extended
- ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
i-SHA al-ma-NA
- clause
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA va-ya-BO el-PE-takh ha-IR ve-hin-NE-SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH tsar-fa-TA va-ya-BO el-PE-takh ha-IR ve-hin-NE-SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA me-ko-SHE-shet e-TSIM va-yik-RA e-LE-ha va-yo-MAR ke-KHI-NA LI me-AT-ma-YIM ba-khe-LI ve-esh-TE
Root and etymology
’-š-h’āšāh
“woman, wife”
In context — 1 Kings 17:10
And he arose and went to Zarephath , and he came to the entrance of the city, and behold, there was a widow gathering sticks . And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֥ה (isha) 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.17.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.10.W8.S1) and character.