Ezekiel 16:32:1Ezek.16.32.W1TAB
הָאִשָּׁ֖ה
haisha
“the woman”
- Transliteration
- ha-i-SHA
- Extended
- haa-ih-SHAH
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-i-SHA
- clause
ha-i-SHA ham-me-na-A-fet
- sentence
ha-i-SHA ham-me-na-A-fet TA-khat i-SHAH tik-KAKH et-ZA-rim
Exegesis
The verse begins with an apposition of ha’ishah {הָאִשָּׁ֖ה | hā-’iš-šāh} ‘the woman’ and the participle hammena’efet {הַמְּנָאָ֑פֶת | ham-mə-na-’e-feṯ} ‘adulteress,’ defining her moral identity.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–heh
“woman; spouse”
In context — Ezekiel 16:32
You are the adulterous woman , who takes strangers instead of your husband.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:32, so the Hebrew word הָאִשָּׁ֖ה (haisha) 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 Ezek.16.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.32.W1.S1) and character.