Judges 21:1:11Judg.21.1.W11TAB
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
leishsha
“as a wife”
- Transliteration
- le-ish-SHA
- Extended
- leh-ihsh-SHAH
- IPA
- /ləʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a wife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-ish-SHA
- clause
ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL nish-be-A ba-mits-PA le-mor ISH mi-ME-nu lo-YI-ten bit-TO le-vin-ya-MIN le-ish-SHA
Exegesis
The prepositional complements le-binyamin {לְבִנְיָמִן | lə-bî-nyā-mîn} and le’ishah {לְאִשָּׁה | lə-ʾîš-šā} specify the tribal and marital relationship.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-hʾ-sh-h
“woman”
In context — Judges 21:1
And the men of Israel swore at Mizpah , saying, “No man among us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 21:1, so the Hebrew word לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (leishsha) 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.21.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.1.W11.S1) and character.