Deuteronomy 22:30:3Deut.22.30.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:1
אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת
eteshet
“the wife of”
- Transliteration
- et-E-shet
- Extended
- EHT-EH-shet
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈʔeːʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wife of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
et-E-shet a-VIV
- clause
lo-yi-KAKH ISH et-E-shet a-VIV
- sentence
lo-yi-KAKH ISH et-E-shet a-VIV ve-LO ye-ga-LEH ke-NAF a-VIV
Exegesis
The construct chain eshet aviv {אֵשֶׁת אָבִיו | ʾešet ʾāwiv} ‘wife of his father’ expresses possession and relationship.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-taleph–shin–tav
“woman; wife”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:30
No man shall take his father’s wife, so that he does not uncover his father’s nakedness .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 22:30, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת (eteshet) 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.22.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.30.W3.S1) and character.