2 Samuel 14:4:22 Sam.14.4.W2TAB
הָאִשָּׁ֤ה
haisha
“the woman”
- Transliteration
- ha-i-SHA
- Extended
- haa-ih-SHAH
- IPA
- /haː.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT
- clause
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ha-te-ko-IT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ti-POL al-a-PE-ha AR-tsa va-tish-ta-KHU va-TO-mer ho-SHI-a ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The nominal subject begins with hā’ishāh {הָאִשָּׁה | hā-’ish-šāh} ‘the woman,’ further specified by the gentilic adjective hatteqō’ît {הַתְּקֹעִית | hat-te-qō-’îṯ} ‘the Tekoite.’
Root and etymology
Root’-sh
“fire”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:4
And the woman from Tekoa said to the king, and she fell upon her face to the ground and bowed herself, and she said, “Help, O king!”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 14:4, so the Hebrew word הָאִשָּׁ֤ה (haisha) 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.14.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.4.W2.S1) and character.