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
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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Word in context
- word
le-i-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ti-hye-LO le-i-SHAH
- clause
KI ho-TZI SHEM RA AL be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL ve-ti-hye-LO le-i-SHAH
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.