Judges 13:6:4Judg.13.6.W4TAB
לְאִישָׁהּ֮
leishah
“to her husband”
- Transliteration
- le-i-SHAH
- Extended
- leh-ee-SHAAH
- IPA
- /ləʔiˈʃaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her husband
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-to-MER le-i-SHAH
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA va-to-MER le-i-SHAH le-MOR ISH ha-e-lo-HIM BA E-lai u-mar-E-hu ke-mar-E mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM no-RA me-OD ve-LO she-il-TI-ye-hu EI-mi-ZE HU ve-ET-she-MO LO-hi-GID LI
Exegesis
The noun phrase ish haelohim {אִ֤ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾîš hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘a man of God’ establishes a divinely commissioned figure.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man”
In context — Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and said to her husband, “A man of God came to me, and he looked like an angel of God—very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.”
About this coordinate
Judges 13:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 13:6, so the Hebrew word לְאִישָׁהּ֮ (leishah) 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.13.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.6.W4.S1) and character.