2 Samuel 14:5:62 Sam.14.5.W6TAB
אִשָּֽׁה־אַלְמָנָ֥ה
ishaalmana
“a woman, a widow”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA-al-ma-NA
- Extended
- ih-SHAA-ahl-meh-NAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː.ʔal.maːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman, a widow
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-SHA-al-ma-NA
- phraseyour reading level
i-SHA-al-ma-NA a-NI
- clause
va-to-MER a-VAL i-SHA-al-ma-NA a-NI va-ya-MAT i-SHI
- sentence
va-yo-MER-la ha-ME-lekh ma-LAKH va-to-MER a-VAL i-SHA-al-ma-NA a-NI va-ya-MAT i-SHI
Exegesis
The construct ishah-almanah {אִשָּׁה־אַלְמָנָה | ʾishšāh-ʾalmānāh} foregrounds her social status.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-maleph–lamed–mem
“widow, bereft one”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:5
And the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” She replied, “Indeed, I am a widow ; my husband has died.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 14:5, so the Hebrew word אִשָּֽׁה־אַלְמָנָ֥ה (ishaalmana) 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.14.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.5.W6.S1) and character.