Exodus 21:28:5Exod.21.28.W5TAB
אֶת־אִשָּׁ֖ה
etisha
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- et-i-SHA
- Extended
- et-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman
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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 | |
| 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
et-i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
O et-i-SHA
- clause
ve-khi-yi-GAKH SHOR et-ISH O et-i-SHA va-MET
- sentence
ve-khi-yi-GAKH SHOR et-ISH O et-i-SHA va-MET sa-KOL yi-sa-KEL ha-SHOR ve-LO ye-a-KHEL et-be-sa-RO u-VA-al ha-SHOR na-KI
Exegesis
The accusative marker et {אֶת | ʾet} marks both ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’ and ishah {אִשָּׁה | ʾiššâ} ‘woman’, indicating parallel application of the law.
Root and etymology
’-š-h’-sh-h
“woman, wife”
In context — Exodus 21:28
And if an ox gores a man or a woman and the person dies, the ox shall surely be stoned, its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be declared innocent .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 21:28, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אִשָּׁ֖ה (etisha) 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.21.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.28.W5.S1) and character.