Judges 21:16:9Judg.21.16.W9TAB
אִשָּֽׁה׃
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
- clause
ki-nish-me-DA mib-bin-ya-MIN i-SHA
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU zik-NE ha-e-DA ma-na-a-SE la-no-ta-RIM le-na-SHIM ki-nish-me-DA mib-bin-ya-MIN i-SHA
Exegesis
The phrase mi-binyāmîn ishšāh {מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן אִשָּֽׁה | mibbinyāmîn ʾiššāh} ‘from Benjamin a woman’ places the noun in apposition to the tribe, highlighting the absence of women among Benjamin’s descendants. The English rendering retains the Hebrew question structure while clarifying the causal relationship and the gravity of the situation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-sh-hʾ-sh-h
“woman”
In context — Judges 21:16
And the elders said, “What shall we do for the survivors regarding wives, since a woman has been destroyed from Benjamin ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 21:16, so the Hebrew word אִשָּֽׁה׃ (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.21.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.16.W9.S1) and character.