2 Samuel 20:17:42 Sam.20.17.W4TAB
הָאִשָּׁ֛ה
haisha
“the woman”
- Transliteration
- ha-i-SHA
- Extended
- haa-ih-SHAA
- 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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Word in context
- word
ha-i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER ha-i-SHA
- clause
va-yik-RAV e-LE-ha va-to-MER ha-i-SHA ha-a-TA yo-AV va-yo-MER a-NI
- sentence
va-yik-RAV e-LE-ha va-to-MER ha-i-SHA ha-a-TA yo-AV va-yo-MER a-NI va-to-MER LO she-MA div-RE a-ma-TE-kha va-yo-MER sho-ME-a a-no-KHI
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman, female”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:17
And he approached her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” And he said, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your servant.” And he said, “I am listening.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 20:17, so the Hebrew word הָאִשָּׁ֛ה (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.20.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.17.W4.S1) and character.