וְאִשָּׁ֔ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאִשָּׁ֔ה

   ve-i-SHA

   and a woman
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה

   ISH ve-i-SHA

   a man and a woman
3. clause🔊 וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה הָרֹאִ֖ים בִּשְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃

   ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON

   and on the roof about three thousands a man and a woman the ones seeing at the sport of Samson
4. sentence🔊 וְהַבַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֤א הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ וְהַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְשָׁ֕מָּה כֹּ֖ל סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה הָרֹאִ֖ים בִּשְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃

   ve-ha-BA-yit ma-LE ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-SHA-ma KOL sar-NE pe-lish-TIM ve-al-ha-GAG kish-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH ve-i-SHA ha-ro-IM bis-KHOK shim-SHON

   and the house was full of the men and the women and there all the lords of the Philistines and on the roof about three thousands a man and a woman the ones seeing at the sport of Samson

Exegesis

The approximate numeral kishloshet alafim {כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ | kiss-lō-šêt ʾă-lā-p̄îm} ‘about three thousand’ modifies ish ve-ishah {אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה | ʾîš wə-ʾîš-šāh} ‘man and woman’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־שׁ־הaleph–shin–he

“woman, wife”

• 🔊 אִישׁishman, husbandGenesis 2:24