Exodus 21:22:17Exod.21.22.W17TAB
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה
haishah
“the woman”
- Transliteration
- ha-i-SHAH
- Extended
- hah-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /haː.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-i-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
ba-AL ha-i-SHAH
- clause
a-NOSH ye-a-NESH ka-a-SHER ya-SHIT a-LAV ba-AL ha-i-SHAH ve-na-TAN bif-li-LIM
- sentence
ve-khi-yin-na-TSOO a-na-SHIM ve-nag-FOO i-SHAH ha-RAH ve-ya-tse-OO ye-la-DE-ha ve-LO yih-YEH a-SON a-NOSH ye-a-NESH ka-a-SHER ya-SHIT a-LAV ba-AL ha-i-SHAH ve-na-TAN bif-li-LIM
Exegesis
The construct phrase ishah harah {אִשָּׁה הָרָה | ʼî-šāh hā-rāh} ‘pregnant woman’ functions as direct object.
Root and etymology
’-š-h’-sh-h
“woman, wife”
In context — Exodus 21:22
And when men fight and strike a pregnant woman and her children emerge but there is no harm , the offender must be punished according to what the woman’s husband sets and must pay through the judges.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 21:22, so the Hebrew word הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (haishah) 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 Exod.21.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.22.W17.S1) and character.