Exodus 21:4:8Exod.21.4.W8TAB
הָאִשָּׁ֗ה
haishah
“the wife”
- Transliteration
- ha-i-SHAH
- Extended
- hah-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /haʔiˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wife
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-i-SHAH
- clause
ha-i-SHAH vi-lah-DEH-hah ti-he-YEH la-a-do-NEH-hah veh-HU ye-TSE ve-ga-PO
- sentence
IM-a-do-NAIV yi-TEN-lo i-SHAH veh-yal-DAH-loh ba-NIM O ba-NOT ha-i-SHAH vi-lah-DEH-hah ti-he-YEH la-a-do-NEH-hah veh-HU ye-TSE ve-ga-PO
Exegesis
The apodosis reestablishes the topic with the construct phrase ha-isha viyaldeha {הָאִשָּׁה וִילְדֶיהָ | hā-ʾish-shāh wiy-yal-de-hā} ‘the wife and her children’, followed by the imperfect tihyeh la-adoneha {תִּהְיֶה לַאדֹנֶיהָ | tih-yě-hē la-ʼă-ḏō-ně-hā} indicating legal belonging.
Root and etymology
’-š-h’-sh-h
“woman, wife”
In context — Exodus 21:4
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 21:4, so the Hebrew word הָאִשָּׁ֗ה (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.21.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.4.W8.S1) and character.