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

Result
אִשְׁ + תּ֗וֹ
ish + to
ishto

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ish-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-to-MER LO ish-TO

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.