Judges 13:23:3Judg.13.23.W3TAB
אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ
ishto
“his wife”
- Transliteration
- ish-TO
- Extended
- ihsh-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈtoː/
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
va-to-MER LO ish-TO
- clause
va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le
- sentence
va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le ve-kha-ET LO hish-mi-A-nu ka-ZOT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive verb phrase va-tomer {וַתֹּאמֶר | va-ṭō-mer} “and she said,” introducing direct discourse by ishto {אִשְׁתּוֹ | ʾîšt-tô} “his wife.”
In context — Judges 13:23
And his wife said to him, “If the LORD had desired to kill us, He would not have taken a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hand, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor at this time have caused us to hear such things.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 13:23, so the Hebrew word אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ (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.13.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.23.W3.S1) and character.