1 Kings 17:9:111 Kgs.17.9.W11TAB
אִשָּׁ֥ה
isha
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA
- Extended
- ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
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
hi-NE tsi-vi-TI SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA le-khal-khe-LE-kha
- sentence
KUM LEKH tsar-fe-TA a-SHER le-tsi-DON ve-ya-shav-TA SHAM hi-NE tsi-vi-TI SHAM i-SHA al-ma-NA le-khal-khe-LE-kha
Exegesis
The juxtaposition ishah almanah {אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה | ʼiššāh ʾalmānāh} marks the woman by both gender and marital status, accentuating her vulnerable standing.
Root and etymology
’-š-h’āšāh
“woman, wife”
In context — 1 Kings 17:9
Arise and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 17:9, 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.17.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.9.W11.S1) and character.