Genesis 16:3:19Gen.16.3.W19TAB
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishsha
“as wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ish-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ish-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
LO le-ish-SHA
- clause
va-tit-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-tik-KAKH sa-RAI e-shet-av-RAM et-ha-GAR ham-mits-RIT shif-kha-TAH mik-KETS E-ser sha-NIM le-SHE-vet av-RAM be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-tit-TEN o-TAH le-av-RAM i-SHAH LO le-ish-SHA
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman, wife”
In context — Genesis 16:3
So Sarai, Abram’s wife, after ten years had passed since Abram had settled in the land of Canaan, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maidservant , and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife .
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Genesis 16:3, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leishsha) 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 Gen.16.3.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.3.W19.S1) and character.