Genesis 39:8:3Gen.39.8.W3TAB
אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת
eleshet
“to the wife of”
- Transliteration
- el-E-shet
- Extended
- ehl-EH-shet
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈʔeː.ʃɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the wife of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-shet a-do-NAV
- clause
va-ye-ma-EN va-yo-MER el-E-shet a-do-NAV HEN a-do-NI lo-ya-DA i-TI ma-ba-BA-yit
- sentence
va-ye-ma-EN va-yo-MER el-E-shet a-do-NAV HEN a-do-NI lo-ya-DA i-TI ma-ba-BA-yit ve-KHOL a-sher-yesh-LO na-TAN be-ya-DI
Exegesis
The following vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | way-yō-mer} “and he said” introduces direct speech, with the construct chain el eshet adonav {אֶל־אֵשֶׁת אֲדֹנָיו | ʾel-ʾê-šet ʾă-ḏō-nāw} “to his master’s wife” specifying her social status and the seriousness of the dialogue.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-h
“woman, wife”
In context — Genesis 39:8
But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, my master does not know, with me, what is in the house, and all that he has, he has given into my hand .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 39:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת (eleshet) 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.39.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.8.W3.S1) and character.