2 Samuel 20:16:22 Sam.20.16.W2TAB
אִשָּׁ֥ה
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
- phraseyour reading level
i-SHA kha-kha-MA
- clause
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir
- sentence
va-tik-RA i-SHA kha-kha-MA min-ha-Ir shim-E-U shim-E-U im-ru-NA el-yo-AV ke-RAV ad-HE-na va-a-dab-be-RA e-LE-kha
Exegesis
The subject ishah chachamah {אִשָּׁה חֲכָמָה | ʾiš-šāh ḥă-ḵā-mâ} ‘a wise woman’ precedes her origin in the prepositional phrase min-ha’ir {מִן־הָעִיר | min-hā-ʾîr} ‘from the city’, highlighting both identity and locale.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman, female”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:16
And a wise woman called out from the city, “Hear! Hear! Say to Joab, ‘Come near here, and let me speak to you.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 20:16, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֥ה (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.20.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.16.W2.S1) and character.