Leviticus 18:19:1Lev.18.19.W1TAB
וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֖ה
vehelishshaa
“and to a woman”
- Transliteration
- veh-el-ish-SHAA
- Extended
- veh-el-ihsh-SHAA
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛl.ʔiʃˈʃaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to a woman
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
veh-el-ish-SHAA
- clause
veh-el-ish-SHAA be-nid-DAT tum-ah-TAH
- sentence
veh-el-ish-SHAA be-nid-DAT tum-ah-TAH LO tik-RAV leh-gal-LOHT ehr-va-TAAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve'el {וְאֶל | wə-ʾel} ‘and to’, linking this instruction to preceding laws.
The noun ishah {אִשָּׁה | ʾiš-šāh} ‘woman’ is governed by b’niddat {בְּנִדַּת | bə-nid-dat} ‘in the menstrual impurity of’, establishing a genitive construct for ritual status.
The negation lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ precedes the imperfect tikrav {תִקְרַב | tiq-rav} ‘you shall approach’, forming a direct prohibition.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-shin-he
“woman, wife”
In context — Leviticus 18:19
And you shall not approach a woman during the uncleanness of her menstruation to uncover her nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:19, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֖ה (vehelishshaa) 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.18.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.19.W1.S1) and character.