Genesis 20:3:10Gen.20.3.W10TAB
עַל־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה
alhaisha
“because of the woman”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-i-SHA
- Extended
- ahl-haa-ih-SHAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.haː.ʔi.ˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of the woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ha-i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-i-SHA a-sher-la-KAKH-ta
- clause
va-yo-MER LO hi-ne-KHA MET al-ha-i-SHA a-sher-la-KAKH-ta ve-HI be-U-lat BA-al
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-lo-HIM el-a-vi-ME-lekh ba-kha-LOM hal-LAI-la va-yo-MER LO hi-ne-KHA MET al-ha-i-SHA a-sher-la-KAKH-ta ve-HI be-U-lat BA-al
Exegesis
The causal clause al-haishah asher-lakakhta {עַל־הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־לָקַחְתָּ | ʿal-hāʾiššāh ʾăšer lāqaḥtā} ‘because of the woman whom you have taken’ provides the reason.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a night dream and said, “Look, you are a dead man because of the woman you have taken, for she is married to a husband.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 20:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה (alhaisha) 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.20.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.3.W10.S1) and character.