אִשָּֽׁה׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִשָּֽׁה׃

   I-sha

   of a woman
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

   ye-LUD I-sha

   one born of a woman
3. clause🔊 וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

   ve-khi-yits-Dak ye-LUD I-sha

   and that he should be righteous one born of a woman
4. sentence🔊 מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

   MA-e-NOSH ki-yiz-KE ve-khi-yits-Dak ye-LUD I-sha

   what is a human that he should be pure and that he should be righteous one born of a woman

Exegesis

The final noun phrase yelud ishah {יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה | yəlûd ʾiššâ} ‘one born (of) woman’ is a compressed characterization of human origin, reinforcing creaturely limitation as the basis for the rhetorical argument. English is rendered with parallel questions to preserve the verse’s poetic symmetry and its intensifying logic.