Deuteronomy 22:5:3Deut.22.5.W3TAB
עַל־אִשָּׁה
alishah
“upon a woman”
- Transliteration
- al-i-SHAH
- Extended
- ahl-ee-SHAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon a woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-i-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
lo-yi-he-YEH ke-LEE-GE-ver al-i-SHAH ve-LO-yi-lBASH GE-ver SIM-lat-i-SHAH KI
- sentence
lo-yi-he-YEH ke-LEE-GE-ver al-i-SHAH ve-LO-yi-lBASH GE-ver SIM-lat-i-SHAH KI to-a-VAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KOL-o-SEI-e-LEH
Exegesis
Each uses a construct chain—kheli gever {כְלִי־גֶ֙בֶר֙ | kᵉlî ḡeḇer} ‘article of a man’ with al ishah {עַל־אִשָּׁ֔ה | ʿal ʾiššāh} ‘on a woman’, and gever simlat ishah {גֶּ֖בֶר שִׂמְלַ֣ת אִשָּׁ֑ה | ḡeḇer simlāṯ ʾiššāh} ‘man garment of woman’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:5
A woman must not carry a man’s item on her, and a man must not put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 22:5, so the Hebrew word עַל־אִשָּׁה (alishah) 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.22.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.5.W3.S1) and character.