2 Samuel 14:27:112 Sam.14.27.W11TAB
אִשָּׁ֖ה
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
- clause
HI ha-ye-TA i-SHA ye-FAT mar-E
- sentence
va-yu-VA-le-du le-av-sha-LOM she-lo-SHA va-NIM u-VAT a-KHAT u-she-MA ta-MAR HI ha-ye-TA i-SHA ye-FAT mar-E
Exegesis
The concluding predicate hi hayetah ishah yefat mareh {הִ֣יא הָיְתָ֔ה אִשָּׁ֖ה יְפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה | hî’ hā·yā·ṯāh ’îš·šāh yə·p̄aṯ mar·’ê} ‘she was a woman beautiful in appearance’ uses a predicate nominative structure linking the substantive noun ishah ‘woman’ with descriptive modifiers. English translation shifts the Hebrew verb-subject order to subject-verb for clarity while maintaining emphasis on Tamar’s name and beauty.
Root and etymology
Root’-sh
“fire”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:27
Three sons and one daughter were born to Absalom . Her name was Tamar; she was a woman beautiful in appearance .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 14:27, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֖ה (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 2 Sam.14.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.27.W11.S1) and character.