Exodus 21:3:6Exod.21.3.W6TAB
אִשָּׁה֙
ishsha
“wife”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHA
- Extended
- ish-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife
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
ish-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
im-ba-AL ish-SHA
- clause
im-ba-AL ish-SHA HU ve-yats-A ish-TO im-MO
- sentence
im-be-gap-PO ya-VO be-gap-PO ye-TSE im-ba-AL ish-SHA HU ve-yats-A ish-TO im-MO
Exegesis
A second im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’ clause presents the marital condition ba’al ishah hu {בַּעַל אִשָּׁה הוּא | baʿal ’iššâh hûʾ} ‘he is a husband’, with hu reinforcing subject continuity.
Root and etymology
’-š-h’-sh-h
“woman, wife”
In context — Exodus 21:3
If he comes by himself , he shall go out by himself. If he is a husband , then his wife shall go out with him.
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 21:3, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁה֙ (ishsha) 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.21.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.3.W6.S1) and character.