Deuteronomy 22:13:3Deut.22.13.W3TAB
אִשָּׁ֗ה
ishah
“a wife”
- Transliteration
- i-SHAH
- Extended
- ee-SHAH
- IPA
- /ʔiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wife
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-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yi-KAKH ISH i-SHAH
- sentence
ki-yi-KAKH ISH i-SHAH u-va-EL e-le-HAH u-sne-AH
Exegesis
The paired nouns ish ishah {אִישׁ אִשָּׁה | ʼîš ʼiššāh} define the husband–wife relationship.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:13
When a man takes a wife and goes in to her, and hates her.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 22:13, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֗ה (ishah) 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.22.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.13.W3.S1) and character.