Ezekiel 16:32:4Ezek.16.32.W4TAB
אִישָׁ֔הּ
ishah
“her husband”
- Transliteration
- i-SHAH
- Extended
- ih-SHAAH
- IPA
- /ʔiːˈʃaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- her husband
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
TA-khat i-SHAH
- clause
TA-khat i-SHAH tik-KAKH et-ZA-rim
- sentence
ha-i-SHA ham-me-na-A-fet TA-khat i-SHAH tik-KAKH et-ZA-rim
Exegesis
The preposition tachat {תַּ֣חַת | ṯa-ḥaṯ} ‘instead of’ plus the pronominal suffix on ’ishah {אִישָׁ֔הּ | ’îš-šāh} ‘husband’ introduces a substitution contrast.
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 16:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:32, so the Hebrew word אִישָׁ֔הּ (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 Ezek.16.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.32.W4.S1) and character.