Judges 14:20:2Judg.14.20.W2TAB
אֵ֣שֶׁת
eshet
“wife of”
- Transliteration
- E-shet
- Extended
- EE-sheht
- IPA
- /ˈʔeː.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
E-shet shim-SHON
- clause
va-te-HI E-shet shim-SHON
- sentence
va-te-HI E-shet shim-SHON le-me-re-E-hu a-SHER re-A LO
Exegesis
The construct eshet shimshon {אֵשֶׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן | ʾêš-et šîm-šôn} ‘wife of Samson’ establishes possession, and the prepositional phrase le-mere-e-hu {לְמֵרֵעֵהוּ | lə-mē-rê-eh-û} ‘to his companion’ indicates the transfer of marital rights.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-y-š
“man”
In context — Judges 14:20
And Samson’s wife was given to his companion , who had befriended him.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 14:20, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣שֶׁת (eshet) 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.14.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.20.W2.S1) and character.