Judges 13:22:3Judg.13.22.W3TAB
אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ
elishto
“to his wife”
- Transliteration
- el-ish-TO
- Extended
- ehl-ish-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʔiʃˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his wife
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 | |
| 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
el-ish-TO
- clause
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh el-ish-TO MOT na-MUT
- sentence
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh el-ish-TO MOT na-MUT KI e-lo-HIM ra-I-nu
Exegesis
Manoach {מָנ֛וֹחַ | mānôaḥ} serves as the subject, followed by the prepositional phrase el ishto {אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ | ʾel ʾiştō} ‘to his wife’ indicating the addressee.
In context — Judges 13:22
And Manoah said to his wife, “We will surely perish , for we have beheld God .”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 13:22, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (elishto) 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.13.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.22.W3.S1) and character.