Judges 15:6:12Judg.15.6.W12TAB
אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ
etishto
“{direct object} his wife”
- Transliteration
- et-ish-TO
- Extended
- eht-ish-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔiʃˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} his wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ish-TO
- phraseyour reading level
la-KHAKH et-ish-TO
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu va-ya-a-LU pe-lish-TIM va-yis-re-FU o-TAH ve-et-a-VI-ha ba-ESH
Root and etymology
Rootʾ–š–h
“fire, burning”
In context — Judges 15:6
The Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” Then the Philistines went up and burned her and her father with fire.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 15:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (etishto) 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.15.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.6.W12.S1) and character.