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

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Result
אִש + שָּׁ֔ה
ish + shah
ishshah

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ish-SHAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    O ish-SHAH

  3. clause

    veh-EESH O ish-SHAH kee-yeh-YEH VO NA-ga

  4. 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 contextLeviticus 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.