Judges 16:1:5Judg.16.1.W5TAB
אִשָּׁ֣ה
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
i-SHA zo-NA
- clause
va-yar-E-SHAM i-SHA zo-NA va-ya-VO e-LE-ha
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH shim-SHON a-za-TA va-yar-E-SHAM i-SHA zo-NA va-ya-VO e-LE-ha
Exegesis
The apposition ishah zonah {אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה | ʾiššāh zônāh} specifies “a woman, a prostitute.”
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–he
“woman, wife”
In context — Judges 16:1
And Samson went to Gaza . He saw there a prostitute and went in to her.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 16:1, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֣ה (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.16.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.1.W5.S1) and character.