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

Result
אִשְׁ + תּ֔וֹ
ish + to
ishto

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ish-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    i-ze-VEL ish-TO

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.