Deuteronomy 22:28:2Deut.22.28.W2TAB
אִשָּׁה
ishah
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- i-SHAH
- Extended
- ih-SHAH
- IPA
- /ʔiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman
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
- sentence
KI-yim-TSA i-SHAH na-a-RAH be-tu-LAH a-SHER lo-o-ra-SAH u-te-fa-SAH ve-sha-KAV im-MAH ve-nim-TSE-U
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:28
If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin and is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered—
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 22:28, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁה (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.22.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.28.W2.S1) and character.