Genesis 39:19:5Gen.39.19.W5TAB
אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ
isheto
“his wife”
- Transliteration
- i-she-TO
- Extended
- ih-sheh-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
i-she-TO
- phraseyour reading level
et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO
- clause
va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha
- sentence
va-ye-HI khi-she-MO-a a-do-NAV et-di-ve-REI i-she-TO a-SHER dib-be-RA e-LAV le-MOR kad-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SA LI a-ve-DE-kha va-yi-KHAR ap-PO
Exegesis
The object of hearing is marked by et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} ‘direct object marker’ and expressed by the construct chain divrei ishto {דִּבְרֵי אִשְׁתּוֹ | dib-rê ʾiš-tô} ‘the words of his wife’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-h
“woman, wife”
In context — Genesis 39:19
And it happened when his master heard the words his wife spoke to him, saying, “According to these things your servant did to me,” his anger burned.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 39:19, so the Hebrew word אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ (isheto) 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.39.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.19.W5.S1) and character.