Judges 13:11:5Judg.13.11.W5TAB
אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ
ishto
“his wife”
- Transliteration
- ish-TO
- Extended
- ihsh-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈtːoː/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ish-TO
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE ish-TO
- clause
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH ma-NO-akh a-kha-RE ish-TO
- sentence
va-ya-KAM va-ye-LEKH ma-NO-akh a-kha-RE ish-TO va-ya-VO el-ha-ISH va-yo-MER LO ha-a-TA ha-ISH a-sher-dib-BAR-ta el-ha-ish-SHA va-yo-MER a-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase acharei ishto {אַחֲרֵ֣י אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ | a-ḥă-rê ish-tō} ‘after his wife’ marks sequential movement.
In context — Judges 13:11
And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and he came to the man and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to the woman?” And he said, “I am.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 13:11, so the Hebrew word אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ (ishto) 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 Judg.13.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.11.W5.S1) and character.