Leviticus 13:29:3Lev.13.29.W3TAB
אִשָּׁ֔ה
ishshah
“a woman”
- Transliteration
- ish-SHAH
- Extended
- eesh-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʔiʃ.ˈʃaː/
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
ish-SHAH
- phraseyour reading level
O ish-SHAH
- clause
veh-EESH O ish-SHAH kee-yeh-YEH VO NA-ga
- sentence
veh-EESH O ish-SHAH kee-yeh-YEH VO NA-ga be-ROSH O be-za-KAN
Exegesis
The coordinated subject ve-ʾîš ʾō iš-šā́h {וְאִישׁ֙ א֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֔ה | wə-ʾîš ʾō iš-šā́h} “a man or a woman” precedes the Qal imperfect yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֥ה | yih-yā́-hêh}, which introduces a hypothetical affliction.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“woman”
In context — Leviticus 13:29
If a man or a woman has a sore on the head or on the beard .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 13:29, so the Hebrew word אִשָּׁ֔ה (ishshah) 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 Lev.13.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.29.W3.S1) and character.