Joshua 15:17:9Josh.15.17.W9TAB
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leisha
“as wife”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ee-SHAA
- IPA
- /lə.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-i-SHA
- clause
va-yi-TEN-LO et-akh-SA bit-TO le-i-SHA
- sentence
va-yil-ke-DAH at-ni-EL ben-ke-NAZ a-KHI ka-LEV va-yi-TEN-LO et-akh-SA bit-TO le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The direct object marker et prefixes Aksah {עַכְסָ֥ה | ʿak-ṣâh} ‘Aksah’, and the phrase bitto le-ishah {בִתּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה | bit-tō lə-ʾiš-šâh} denotes the matrimonial transfer ‘as a wife’. The Hebrew VSO order is adapted to English SVO to preserve emphasis on subject actions and relational transactions.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-haleph–shin–heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Joshua 15:17
And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Aksah his daughter as wife .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 15:17, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leisha) 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 Josh.15.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.17.W9.S1) and character.