1 Kings 21:7:41 Kgs.21.7.W4TAB
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ
ishto
“his wife”
- Transliteration
- ish-TO
- Extended
- ihsh-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his wife
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 | |
| 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
ish-TO
- phraseyour reading level
i-ze-VEL ish-TO
- clause
va-TO-mer e-LAV i-ze-VEL ish-TO a-TA a-TA ta-a-SE me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-TO-mer e-LAV i-ze-VEL ish-TO a-TA a-TA ta-a-SE me-lu-KHA al-yis-ra-EL KUM e-KHAL-le-khem ve-yi-TAV li-BE-kha a-NI e-TEN le-KHA et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI
Exegesis
The appositional pair izevel {אִיזֶבֶל | ʾî-zē-bel} ‘Jezebel’ and ishto {אִשְׁתּוֹ | ʾîš-tō} ‘his wife’ foregrounds her identity.
In context — 1 Kings 21:7
And Jezebel, his wife, said to him, “Are you now exercising kingship over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be glad. I myself will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 21:7, so the Hebrew word אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (ishto) 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.21.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.7.W4.S1) and character.