Judges 14:2:6Judg.14.2.W6TAB
אִשָּׁ֛ה
isha
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- i-SHA
- Extended
- ih-SHAH
- 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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Word in context
- word
i-SHA
- clause
va-YA-al va-yag-GED le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO va-yo-MER i-SHA ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
va-YA-al va-yag-GED le-a-VIV u-le-i-MO va-yo-MER i-SHA ra-I-ti be-tim-NA-ta mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM ve-a-TA ke-KHU-o-TA LI le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The reported speech opens with the unmarked object-first expression ishah ra’iti {אִשָּׁה רָאִיתִי | ’išāh rā’îtî} ‘woman I have seen’, emphasizing the subject’s personal initiative.
Root and etymology
aleph-shin-heh
“woman, wife”
In context — Judges 14:2
He went up and told his parents, and said, “I have seen a woman in Timnah from among the daughters of the Philistines; now take her for me as a wife .”
About this coordinate
Judges 14:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 14:2, 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.14.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.2.W6.S1) and character.