Judges 14:1:5Judg.14.1.W5TAB
אִשָּׁ֛ה
isha
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA
- Extended
- ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a woman
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
va-YAR-e i-SHA
- clause
va-YAR-e i-SHA be-tim-na-TA mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-YE-red shim-SHON tim-na-TA va-YAR-e i-SHA be-tim-na-TA mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The succeeding vav-consecutive wayyâr {וַיַּ֥רְא | wayyâr} ‘and he saw’ begins a new clause with ’iššāh {אִשָּׁה | ’iššāh} ‘woman’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
’-š-haleph–shin–he
“woman”
In context — Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnah , and he saw a woman in Timnah from among the daughters of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 14:1, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֛ה (isha) 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.14.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.1.W5.S1) and character.