Job 19:17:3Job.19.17.W3TAB
לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י
leishti
“to my wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-TI
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-TTEE
- IPA
- /ləʔiʃˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to my 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ish-TI
- clause
RU-khi za-RA le-ish-TI
- sentence
RU-khi za-RA le-ish-TI ve-kha-NO-ti liv-NE vit-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le'ishti {לְאִשְׁתִּי | ləʾištî} marks the target of alienation.
In context — Job 19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, yet my pleading is to the children of my own body .
About this coordinate
Job 19:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 19:17, so the Hebrew word לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י (leishti) 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 Job.19.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.17.W3.S1) and character.