Judges 20:4:5Judg.20.4.W5TAB
הָאִשָּׁ֥ה
haisha
“the woman”
- Transliteration
- ha-i-SHA
- Extended
- haa-ih-SHAA
- IPA
- /haːʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-i-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-i-SHA ha-nir-tsa-KHA
- clause
va-ya-AN ha-ISH ha-le-VI ISH ha-i-SHA ha-nir-tsa-KHA va-yo-MAR
- sentence
va-ya-AN ha-ISH ha-le-VI ISH ha-i-SHA ha-nir-tsa-KHA va-yo-MAR ha-giv-a-TA a-SHER le-vin-ya-MIN ba-TI a-NI u-fi-lag-SHI la-LUN
Root and etymology
ʼ-šaleph–shin
“fire, burning”
In context — Judges 20:4
And the Levite , the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, “My concubine and I came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to lodge .”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 20:4, so the Hebrew word הָאִשָּׁ֥ה (haisha) 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.20.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.4.W5.S1) and character.