Deuteronomy 22:29:10Deut.22.29.W10TAB
לְאִשָּׁה
leisha
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ee-SHAH
- IPA
- /ləʔiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
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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-SHA
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ha-ISH ha-sho-KEV im-MAH la-a-VI ha-na-a-RA kha-mi-SHIM KE-sef ve-LO-TI-he-yeh le-i-SHA TA-khat a-SHER in-NAH LO-YU-khal shal-le-KHAH KOL-YA-mav
Exegesis
The result clause velotihyeh le’ishah {וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה | wə-lō-tî-hyēh lə-’îš-šāh} creates a binding marital status, and the causal takhat asher {תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר | ṯa-ḥat ’ă-šer} links it to the violation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:29
And the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty pieces of silver , and she shall be his wife because he violated her ; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 22:29, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּׁה (leisha) 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.22.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.29.W10.S1) and character.