Leviticus 18:15:5Lev.18.15.W5TAB
אֵ֤שֶׁת
eshet
“wife of”
- Transliteration
- E-shet
- Extended
- EH-shet
- IPA
- /ʔeː.ʃɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
E-shet bin-KHA
- clause
E-shet bin-KHA HI LO te-gal-EH er-va-TAH
- sentence
er-VAT kal-lat-KHA LO te-gal-EH E-shet bin-KHA HI LO te-gal-EH er-va-TAH
Exegesis
The appositional identity clause eshet binkha hi {אֵשֶׁת בִּנְךָ הִוא | ʾēšeṯ binḵā hîʼ} ‘she is the wife of your son’ assigns her relational status, reinforcing the kinship prohibition. The repetition of the lo…tegalleh formula in the concluding clause serves an emphatic function by parallelism. In translation, the Hebrew construct chain is rendered with English possessive constructions, and the parallel structure is preserved to maintain the legal emphasis.
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ה
“woman; wife”
In context — Leviticus 18:15
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law ; she is the wife of your son, and you shall not uncover her nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 18:15, so the Hebrew word אֵ֤שֶׁת (eshet) 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.18.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.15.W5.S1) and character.