2 Samuel 14:8:32 Sam.14.8.W3TAB
אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה
elhaisha
“to the woman”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-i-SHA
- Extended
- ehl-hah-ee-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haː.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ha-i-SHA
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-i-SHA le-KHI le-vei-TEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-ha-i-SHA le-KHI le-vei-TEKH va-a-NI a-tsa-VE a-LA-yikh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-ha’ishah {אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה | ʾel-hāʾiššāh} ‘to the woman’ marks the addressee.
Root and etymology
Root’-sh
“fire”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:8
Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 14:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה (elhaisha) 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.14.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.8.W3.S1) and character.