Deuteronomy 21:11:3Deut.21.11.W3TAB
אֵ֖שֶׁת
eshet
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- E-shet
- Extended
- EH-shet
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-shet
- clause
ve-ra-i-TA ba-shiv-YA E-shet ye-FAT-TO-ar
- sentence
ve-ra-i-TA ba-shiv-YA E-shet ye-FAT-TO-ar ve-kha-shak-TA BAH ve-la-kakh-TA le-KHA le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The locative construct ba-shivyah {בַּשִּׁבְיָה | ba-šī-vyāh} “among the captivity” provides the setting, linked to the construct chain eshet yefat-to’ar {אֵשֶׁת יְפַת־תֹּאַר | ʾê-šeṯ yə-phaṯ-tō-ʾār} “woman of beautiful form.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-t
“woman, wife”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:11
And when you see among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and you desire her , then you may take her for yourself as a wife.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 21:11, so the Hebrew word אֵ֖שֶׁת (eshet) 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 Deut.21.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.11.W3.S1) and character.