Deuteronomy 22:16:10Deut.22.16.W10TAB
לְאִשָּׁה֙
leishah
“as wife”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHAH
- Extended
- leh-ee-SHAH
- IPA
- /ləʔiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-i-SHAH
- clause
na-ta-TI la-ISH ha-ZEH le-i-SHAH va-yis-na-E-ha
- sentence
ve-a-MAR a-VI ha-na-AR ha-na-a-RAH el-haz-ze-ke-NIM et-bi-TI na-ta-TI la-ISH ha-ZEH le-i-SHAH va-yis-na-E-ha
Exegesis
The perfect verb natati {נָתַּ֥תִּי | nă-ta-tî} ‘I have given’ asserts the completed marital transfer, while the prepositions laish {לָאִ֛ישׁ | lā-’îš} and leishah {לְאִשָּׁ֖ה | lə-’iš-šāh} indicate recipient and status “as a wife.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:16
And the father of the young woman will say to the elders, “I have given my daughter to this man as a wife,” but he hates her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 22:16, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּׁה֙ (leishah) 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.22.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.16.W10.S1) and character.