Exodus 21:22:4Exod.21.22.W4TAB
אִשָּׁ֤ה
ishah
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- i-SHAH
- Extended
- ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
i-SHAH ha-RAH
- clause
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
- 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 21:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 21:22, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֤ה (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 Exod.21.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.22.W4.S1) and character.