1 Samuel 18:17:101 Sam.18.17.W10TAB
לְאִשָּׁ֔ה
leisha
“for a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ləʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID hi-NE bit-TI ha-ge-do-LA me-RAV o-TA e-TEN-le-KHA le-i-SHA AKH he-YE-lI le-ven-kha-YIL ve-hil-la-KHEM mil-kha-MOT ye-ho-VAH ve-sha-UL a-MAR al-te-HI ya-DI BO u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM
Root and etymology
’-š-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, “Behold, my eldest daughter Merab, I will give you as a wife; only be a son of valor for me and fight the battles of the LORD .” And Saul said, “Do not be my hand against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 18:17, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּׁ֔ה (leisha) 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 Sam.18.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.17.W10.S1) and character.