Deuteronomy 21:15:4Deut.21.15.W4TAB
נָשִׁ֗ים
nashim
“wives”
- Transliteration
- na-SHIM
- Extended
- nah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /naˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-SHIM
- phraseyour reading level
shtey na-SHIM
- clause
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH
- sentence
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH ve-ha-YA ha-BEN ha-be-KHOR la-se-ni-AH
Exegesis
The imperfect verb tihyēnā {תִהְיֶ֨ינָ | tihyēnā} “there are or will be” sets a hypothetical scenario, followed by the construct chain lĕ’îsh šĕṯê nāšîm {לְאִישׁ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים | lə’îš šĕṯê nāšîm} “to a man two wives.”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives—one beloved and the other unloved —and both bear him sons, but the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 21:15, so the Hebrew word נָשִׁ֗ים (nashim) 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.21.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.15.W4.S1) and character.