Deuteronomy 22:19:16Deut.22.19.W16TAB

לְאִשָּׁ֑ה

leishah

as a wife

Transliteration
le-i-SHAH
Extended
leh-ee-SHAA
IPA
/ləʔiʃˈʃaː/

Meaning by language

English
as a wife

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Result
לְ + אִ + שָּׁ֑ה
le + i + shah
leishah

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-i-SHAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ti-hye-LO le-i-SHAH

  3. clause

    KI ho-TZI SHEM RA AL be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL ve-ti-hye-LO le-i-SHAH

  4. sentence

    ve-an-SHU o-TO me-AH KE-sef u-ne-TA-nu la-a-VI ha-na-a-RAH KI ho-TZI SHEM RA AL be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL ve-ti-hye-LO le-i-SHAH LO-YU-khal le-shal-LE-khah KOL-ya-MAV

Exegesis

The phrases wə·lō·tihyêhā lə·’îššāh {וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֔ה | wə·lō·tihyêhā lə·’îššāh} ‘and to him she shall be as wife’ and lō·yû·ḵal lə·šalləḥāh kol·yāmāv {לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל לְשַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל־יָמָֽיו | lō·yû·ḵal lə·šalləḥāh kol·yāmāv} ‘he shall not be able to send her away all his days’ employ the negative particle lō with the imperfect to express a permanent prohibition, reflecting the verse’s legal injunction.

Root and etymology

ʾ-š-haleph–shin–heh

woman, wife

In contextDeuteronomy 22:19

And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver , and they shall give it to the father of the young woman because he has brought out an evil name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 22:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 22:19, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּׁ֑ה (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.22.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.19.W16.S1) and character.