Leviticus 13:38:2Lev.13.38.W2TAB

אֽוֹ־אִשָּׁ֔ה

oheeshah

“or a woman”

Transliteration: oh-ee-SHAH
Extended: OH-ee-SHAA
IPA: /ʔoː.ʔiʃˈʃaː/

Meaning by language

English: or a woman

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֽוֹ + אִ + שָּׁ֔ה

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oh + ee + shah

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oheeshah

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
oh-ee-SHAH
clause
ve-ISH oh-ee-SHAH kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM beh-ha-ROHT
sentence
ve-ISH oh-ee-SHAH kee-ye-HYEH veh-OR-be-sa-RAM beh-ha-ROHT beh-ha-ROHT leh-va-NOHT

Exegesis

The clause begins with ve’ish {וְאִישׁ֙ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’ followed by o-ishah {אוֹ־אִשָּׁ֔ה | ʾō-ʾiš-šâ} ‘or a woman,’ marking inclusion of both genders.

Root and etymology

א־י־ש

“woman”

In context — Leviticus 13:38

And if a man or a woman has on the skin of their flesh bright spots —bright spots that are white —

About this coordinate

Leviticus 13:38:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 13:38, so the Hebrew word אֽוֹ־אִשָּׁ֔ה (oheeshah) 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.13.38.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.38.W2.S1) and character.

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